Five straight years of record heat, sporadic rainfall and divided leadership has Corpus Christi in danger of becoming the first U.S. city to run short of water.<\/p>\n
Only rain \u2014 lots of it \u2014 can keep the coastal city from that grim fate.<\/p>\n
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