Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released last Thursday, shows that drought increased in large parts of the Southeast in the past week due to the lack of rain. The area of exceptional D4 drought increased to over 5% of the region. Less than 3 % of the region has no dry conditions at all. Some…
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The most recent Drought Monitor, released late last week, showed an increase in drought conditions across most of the region, although a few small areas that got rain did see some improvement. The biggest increase was in exceptional drought in southern Georgia and northern Florida with some smaller areas of growing drought in the Carolinas.…
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This week’s Drought Monitor shows an area of exceptional drought (D4) was added to south-central Georgia and northern Florida this week as conditions continue to be very warm and dry in that region. Drought did improve in Alabama, northern Georgia and North Carolina, but also got worse in western Virginia. In Alabama, dry conditions were…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows only a few small changes in the map compared to last week, with slight increases in drought area overall. There were a few small areas of improvement in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. There was no change in the Puerto Rico map, with less than one percent of…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released last week Thursday, show some slight improvements in northern parts of the region but conditions that are getting worse in southern parts of the region. The improvements were driven by rainfall of an inch or more with 2-3 inches in a few scattered spots. I was surprised that they made…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that recent rain has decreased the amount of drought in Virginia but everywhere else in the region saw worsening conditions with the expansion of extreme drought in several states. Florida is now completely in drought, with 67% of the state in extreme (D3) drought. It has been missed…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought continues to expand and get worse across most of the region. There were a few slight improvements in Alabama, South Carolina, and Virginia, but in the other states the drought got quite a bit worse. The biggest improvement was in western Tennessee, which saw significant rain…
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