Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor came out today and shows slight increases in abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Georgia and Virginia. However, there were also slight decreases in D0 conditions in North and South Carolina. Overall, just a little increase in D0 coverage across the region as a whole. With the rain this week, we may…
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As you probably know, California is in a massive drought right now, and agricultural producers are struggling to get enough water to sustain their crops. In some cases, they are plowing under the crops or destroying orchards because they don’t have irrigation available to keep them going. This situation is likely to get worse as…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released last week (somehow I missed posting about this earlier) shows an expansion of abnormally dry (D0) conditions across central North Carolina and down into South Carolina and even into Georgia. Those areas were largely missed by the recent tropical disturbances and stayed warm and dry. By comparison, the area of…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this week Thursday, shows that while most of the Southeast remains free of dry conditions, the moderate (D1) drought in Virginia expanded quite a bit and abnormally dry conditions (D0) expanded in western North Carolina. Those areas have been largely bypassed by all the rain we have had in recent…
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NIDIS is pleased to announce two new interactive features on Drought.gov that will make it easier for decision makers and the public across the U.S. to share timely, reliable drought information. First, new customization and sharing options for all maps make it easier than ever to create custom, high-quality maps to include in drought or risk mitigation…
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What would you do if you had no water for your crops or livestock because of a multi-year drought that has dried up most surface water sources? Some farmers in California are trying to get water through pumping groundwater, but as more people pump, the water tables get lower and it becomes too expensive to…
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In the past few years, the Southeast has experienced two different “flash” droughts (2016-2017 and 2019) These droughts are caused by a combination of almost complete lack of rain and hotter than usual temperatures. The droughts come on quickly and sometime disappear quickly too, but may morph into longer-term drought instead. Flash droughts are particularly…
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