Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that much of the Florida Peninsula has improved in drought status with the recent rains that have fallen there. Only the southeast part of the state has seen dry conditions expand. Elsewhere in the mainland region, a few small areas of abnormally dry (D0) conditions have appeared due…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that two areas of abnormally dry conditions were added to Puerto Rico this week. In the mainland Southeast, Florida is currently the only state showing drought. Generally, the western part of the state improved but the East Coast got worse. Overall, the area of drought decreased, but…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows small increases in dry conditions in several states as recent rains have continued to fall. The extreme drought is now gone from Florida and other areas have been reduced. A couple of small areas on the eastern coast of Florida did see slight expansions of drought.…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that the recent rainy conditions has continued to put a dent in the drought and abnormally dry conditions that were still hanging on in the region after decreasing the last few weeks. Now Alabama and Georgia are completely free of dry conditions while only small amounts…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this past Thursday, shows the continued reduction in drought due to the rain in the last week. This has been especially noticeable in Florida, where most of the severe (D3) drought has now been removed. More improvements are likely due to the rain that is expected in the coming week.…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the area of extreme (D3) drought expanded slightly along the west coast of the Florida Peninsula, but the east side of the peninsula and several other areas in the northern half of the Southeast improved. There was also an increase in drought in Southwest Georgia due to…
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If you have never heard the term “thirstwave”, you are not alone. I saw it for the first time this week in an article in Nautilus. According to the article, “two hydrologists, Meetpal Kukal and Mike Hobbins, from the University of Idaho and University of Colorado respectively, recently coined the term, which is meant to…