PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama drew a link between climate change and California’s drought, and said the U.S. must do a better job of figuring out how to make sure everyone’s water needs are satisfied.

On a tour of central California on Friday, Obama warned that weather-related disasters will only get worse.

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