Drought
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Yale Climate Connections has an interesting explainer that discusses how the warmer temperatures we are seeing due to climate change are leading to an increase in droughts worldwide. For one thing, higher temperatures cause an increase in the speed and amount of evaporation, leading to drier soils and less runoff that can contribute to drought…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that there were only slight changes in drought this week. Abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded in Virginia and extreme (D3) drought expanded slightly in Florida but other changes were small. Rain amounts this coming week are expected to be moderate in most areas so I don’t see any…
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Recent rains have put quite a dent in the Southeast drought this week. All drought has been removed from Alabama and Georgia and has decreased in Virginia and Florida, while North Carolina is free of all dry conditions and only a lingering area of abnormally dry (D0) conditions remains in South Carolina. Puerto Rico also…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that most of the region experienced slight decreases in drought and dry conditions this week due to rain over the last seven days. However, a lack of rain in Florida and southeastern Georgia has led to expansions of drought there. Most notable is the expansion of…
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It’s raining outside my window right now, and I’m not really worried about drought in the near future, but the next drought is always around the corner and friends are currently experiencing one. Because of that, I want you to know about the new state pages on Drought.gov. They provided updated state-by-state information and resources…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that while overall the areal extent of drought did not change much in the Southeast, some areas dropped into more extreme drought, particularly in Florida and Virginia. Most notably, the area of extreme drought in Florida expanded quite a bit as they have missed most of the rain that has…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that overall the amount of drought in most of the region has decreased in response to rain this week. In Virginia, moderate drought expanded as they were largely missed by the heaviest rain. In Florida, the extreme drought decreased in area as more rain returned to the…
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