Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows significant improvements in drought conditions across most of the Southeast. While the entire region is still in abnormally dry conditions or drought, the areal coverage of each of the severest levels of drought has been reduced as the recent rain has reduced precipitation deficits, increased soil moisture, and…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows just minor changes in drought conditions this week. This is likely due in part to a lot of the rain falling after the Tuesday morning data cutoff, but may also reflect the author being careful not to improve the drought too quickly until we know the pattern has…
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There have been many impacts from the current exceptional drought in the Southeast. One that has not been mentioned until lately is the decrease in stream flows on many of the region’s rivers. Many water bodies, including reservoirs and farm ponds, have lost a lot of water due to the combination of no precipitation and…
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Update: Video now available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUzEUnW4xtE&feature=youtu.be.Drought conditions cover most of the Southeast region causing significant impacts to agriculture, forestry, and water resources due to persistent dry conditions that date back to fall of 2025. This webinar will address the evolution of this drought, how it compares to previous events, sector-specific impacts across the region, state-level…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there were minor improvements in drought across most of the region this week based on rainfall that occurred before Tuesday morning. It is likely that additional improvements may be seen on next week’s map from rain that fell after the cutoff time. Drought got worse in…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released earlier today, shows that for Georgia and South Carolina, there were no changes from last week. There was rain after the cutoff date of Tuesday morning, so it is likely there will be more changes next week when the next map comes out. Alabama saw a large area of…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that everywhere in the Southeast is in drought except for a tiny sliver on the east coast of Florida just north of Miami, which is only abnormally dry. Almost 60% of the region is in extreme (D3) drought due to almost no rainfall and warm temperatures. Fortunately, since…
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