Residents in U.S. West concerned over megadrought

STORY: Residents in U.S. West concerned over megadrought DATELINE: Nov. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the drought 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MICHAEL BADBACK, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Utah 3. various of the drought 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MICHAEL BADBACK, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Utah STORYLINE: Moderate to severe drought extended from the U.S. West Coast to the Rocky Mountains with large areas of extreme and pockets of exceptional drought. That's according to the latest monthly drought report from the National Centers for Environmental Information. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MICHAEL BADBACK, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Utah "Our sagebrushes are all dried, all the weeds, all land. The sagebrushes' roots go further and further down to get water, but they're not the same color like they used to be." According to U.S. Drought Monitor statistics, 73.5 percent of the area of the U.S. West was experiencing moderate to exceptional drought at the end o