The folks from NIDIS (National Integrated Drought Information Systems) have provided a nice summary of the 2019 year in review in ten maps related to drought across the US. We had our share in the Southeast, but it was dwarfed by the exceptional drought in the Four Corners region of…
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Do you use the weekly US Drought Monitor in your work, or monitor it for changes in the drought status? Do you use it to help your producers get financial assistance when a severe drought hits? If so, you may be interested in this upcoming workshop on the US Drought…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the drought status across most of the Southeast, including Puerto Rico, has not changed from last week. The only exception is in coastal Virginia, where an area of abnormally dry conditions has crept into the region. With the rain that they…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that in most of the Southeast drought has been reduced or eliminated. All severe drought is now gone from Georgia and most areas have seen a decrease in moderate drought. A new area of abnormally dry conditions (D0) has appeared in eastern North…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there were slight expansions in moderate drought in Alabama and Florida but very little change in the rest of the region. With ample rain expected in most of the Southeast this week other than the Florida peninsula, we could see further…
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In current climate news around the world, one of the biggest has been the continuing intense bush fires that have plagued eastern Australia, decimating the wild habitat of koalas and bringing thick smoke to Sydney and other coastal cities. The fires, like our fires in the Southeast in 2016, were…
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I have not traveled to Africa yet, but it is on my bucket list. I saw two articles today describing the extreme drought which is affecting southern Africa. The world-famous Victoria Falls, which lies on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is down to just a trickle. You can see…
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