Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that moderate (D1) drought in Virginia and North Carolina have decreased by about half over the last week. Other areas of the region have stayed about the same, with only very minor changes. The drought in Puerto Rico did not change this week. Precipitation from the winter storm…
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This week the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and its partners launched a brand new dashboard with a lot of information on climate, water, and drought in the Southeastern United States, particularly the ACF (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint) Basin. They thank you and all the participants in the design process for being a part of the listening…
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If you missed the monthly webinar on water and drought conditions in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin earlier today, you can watch the video recording here or read a summary of the webinar with images here. Fortunately, at the moment there is no drought in the ACF basin.
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Like many ecological disasters, there is not a single cause of the disaster. I was intrigued and saddened to read this story about the loss of many livestock in Mongolia due to a combination of extreme and more frequent drought and heavy winter snows coupled with overgrazing. The combination leaves little available food to get…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows just slight changes in drought this week. Generally, the northern and western areas saw small decreases while Georgia and Florida shows small increases. Puerto Rico was the same as last week. Good rain in the next week is expected in the next week and is likely to…
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Climate.org has taken a look at the climate conditions that helped lead up to the fires in Colorado a week or so ago. The area started unusually wet, which allowed the grass to grow lush and tall. Then a drought came and that region of Colorado ended up in extreme drought. It did not take…
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A good amount of rain fell in the Carolinas and Virginia this past week. This resulted in a significant decrease in dry conditions, including a big decrease in severe (D2) drought. Most of the abnormally dry (D0) conditions were removed from Georgia. Very small increases in moderate (D1) drought were seen in Alabama and a…
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