Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that overall, the area affected by drought in the Southeast remained essentially the same as last week, but the severity of the drought increased in some places. Severe (D2) drought expanded in eastern North Carolina and a new area of severe drought formed in southwestern Florida. Moderate…
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While most of the Southeast is not currently in a drought, dry conditions and drought are a natural part of climate, so it is not surprising that droughts are currently affecting other parts of the world now. Here are some recent stories on drought I have read that may interest you. National Geographic: The drought…
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A recent study published in Nature Communications by scientists from Texas and Hong Kong described new research on how fast flash droughts can develop. “Flash droughts” are primarily driven by little rain combined with high temperatures and mainly affect agriculture because of the plants’ needs for regular infusions of water. According to an article in…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that moderate (D1) drought has doubled in size in Georgia from last week’s map due to no rain over the last week. Since the cutoff of this map, we have received 0.5 to 2.0 inches so some of this may be cut back on next week’s map,…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the areal coverage of drought decreased in all states due to recent rain. However, in eastern North Carolina, a new area of severe (D2) drought was added as those counties were largely missed by recent rain events. Most of the region except western Alabama are not…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that in the region as a whole, drought decreased in most areas due to recent rain. This includes the elimination of severe (D2) drought in Florida as heavy rains fell over the driest area. Some dry conditions shrunk in the Carolinas but the area of moderate (D1)…
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The dry conditions we have seen over the last few weeks remained in place through the Drought Monitor map cutoff on Tuesday. This resulted in widespread increases in the amount of area covered by abnormally dry (D0) and moderate drought (D1). A small area of severe drought (D2) was introduced to the northwestern part of…
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