Drought
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As expected, the copious rain in the northern part of our region has significantly reduced drought in those areas, with most severe (D2) drought being removed. In the southern part of the region and especially in the Florida panhandle, the severe drought remains and expanded just slightly. Western parts of the Panhandle may see some…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that most states in the region experienced a slight increase in drought conditions over the last week. Rainfall in the next week will be mostly confined to northern parts of the region, so drought is likely to expand in southern Alabama and Georgia as well as Florida in…
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Hunger stones are an interesting marker of drought in Europe. In the past, when river levels dropped to very low levels, those conditions were marked by inscriptions on rocks that only appeared above the water when levels were low. In the recent drought, many of these inscriptions on so-called “hunger stones” have reappeared, showing just…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released earlier this week, shows a slight expansion of moderate drought in Alabama and Georgia. Most of the rest of the region did not see any changes from last week due to some rain over the last few days. Since the next rain system is expected to drop precipitation across…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released this morning, shows that drought conditions have decreased slightly across the region over the last week. The biggest improvements are in the areas where the remnants of TS Nicole brought heavy rain to the region but every state saw some improvement. Most of the region should see little rainfall…
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The United States is not the only part of the world that has been experiencing widespread drought conditions. Europe has also seen a lot of dry conditions and hot weather this year. In Spain, the projected yield of their olive groves is just half of what they harvested last year. The year started with very…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows a significant increase in the area covered by severe (D2) drought, especially in Georgia and Florida. However, in spite of numerous condition monitoring reports indicating even worse conditions, the Drought Monitor (DM) this week does not show any extreme (D3) drought. With the rain that is falling tonight…
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