Drought
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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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National Integrated Drought Information SystemDrought.gov The National Flash Drought Forum will be held in Boulder CO on May 2-4, 2023. It will provide background into the causes and detection of flash drought from a variety of perspectives around the country. As you may recall, flash drought is a rapid-onset event that often occurs with little…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows a slow expansion of drought over northern parts of the region in the last week. There was a slight improvement in Alabama with the removal of a sliver of moderate (D1) drought and reductions in drought in Georgia. South Carolina saw an expansion in abnormally dry conditions but…
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