Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the abnormally dry conditions that were present in southern parts of the region were removed from Florida and reduced in Georgia following rain the past week. However, in South and North Carolina and Virginia, there was an expansion of moderate drought conditions as they were largely missed…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that moderate (D1) drought has expanded significantly in North Carolina and has been introduced into smaller areas of South Carolina and Virginia. This is due to the lack of rainfall over the last week. This is likely to get worse on next week’s map because there is almost…
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Here is a look at 20 historical droughts in the United States going back several centuries. The list is more focused on the western part of the country, but that is where the longest and most intense droughts were over long time periods. You might be interested in seeing some of the impacts of these…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that an area of moderate (D1) drought has been added to eastern North Carolina due to continuing dry conditions there. The abnormally dry areas in the region also expanded in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia as well as expanding into northeastern Florida. Puerto Rico’s conditions…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, show that an area of abnormally dry (D0) conditions was introduced to eastern Georgia this week. Similar conditions also expanded in South Carolina and remained in Virginia and North Carolina essentially unchanged from last week. In Puerto Rico, the area of moderate drought (D1) contracted substantially due to…
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As drought has become more of a way of life in the western US, wise use of limited water has become increasingly important. Water tables have dropped dramatically in some areas because of heavy pumping of groundwater for irrigation. But it is not always possible to get documentation of exactly how much is being used.…
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Droughts are often categorized as ‘flash’ droughts when they develop or intensify in a matter of weeks (though defining flash droughts continues to be an area of active debate). The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and the National Weather Service (NWS) held a series of three webinars to help climate professionals and operational service providers…