parched

As part of the water-saving efforts, farmers in California’s Imperial Valley are temporarily leaving some hay fields parched and fallow in exchange for cash payments.

It has endured millennia of drought and war in this parched land scarred by conflict.

Their front yard was pathetic: basically 1,500 square feet of weeds and parched patches of Bermuda lawn.

The pumping has led to resentment among leaders of Native tribes, who say it is leaving their valley parched and harming the environment.

The mountains went from parched on Sunday to snow-capped on Wednesday.