Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier today, shows only slight changes from last week. Abnormally dry conditions have been added to parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama, and there have been some minor improvements in drought in Virginia, but otherwise there is not much change. With quite a bit of rain in the next…
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The latest Drought Monitor was released today, and it shows that while the total amount of drought had very small changes across the region, a narrow band of extreme (D3) drought has been identified along the Florida Coast just south of Tampa due to high temperatures and continuing lack of rainfall. In Puerto Rico, the…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows very minor changes to the drought status across the Southeast this week. There was a slight improvement in the north and a slight increase in drought in Florida as well as no changes in Puerto Rico. Rainfall should be quite light in the northern half of the region,…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought and abnormally dry conditions have decreased across the northern part of the region but a new area of severe (D2) drought was added to the West Coast of Florida near and south of Tampa as they have been largely missed by recent rains and have experienced…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that recent rains have reduced drought and abnormally dry conditions in most of the region, but the lack of rain in Florida has led to a reappearance of moderate (D1) drought along the West Coast of the peninsula this week. There were no changes in Puerto Rico this…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that recent rains have significantly reduced areas of drought and abnormally dry conditions across the Southeast this past week. The only exception is northern Alabama, which saw a slight increase in moderate (D1) drought. Abnormally dry conditions (D0) expanded there and into NW Georgia as well. Rain expected…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that there was a small decrease in drought coverage in the southern part of the region, while drought expanded slightly in northern states of our region. The biggest improvement was in Florida, which experienced quite a bit of rain in the last week. Drought expanded in northern Alabama…
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