Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released on Thursday morning, shows a broad area of worsening drought conditions in northern Alabama and Georgia and western South Carolina over the last week. A few smaller areas were also seen in the North Carolina mountains and in pockets in Florida. Some areas of Virginia experienced more rain and…
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Rapid-onset drought, also known as “flash” drought, is something that plagues the Southeast periodically. It usually happens during the growing season where it can have a great impact on crops and pastures. Flash drought can be caused by a protracted dry spell at a time when crops need 1 to 1.5 inches of water a…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that most of the region from Virginia to Florida saw an increase in dry or drought conditions over the last week. The only exceptions were Alabama and Georgia, which received some moisture before the Tuesday data cutoff from the big snowstorm that occurred January 21-22. The areas that…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that there was an improvement in drought conditions in Alabama and northern Florida in the last week due to recent rain there. However, eastern parts of North and South Carolina, Georgia, and the Florida Peninsula saw some areas of worsening drought this week due to lack of rain.…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this past Thursday, shows that Alabama improved and reduced its dry conditions in the past week. The lack of rain in the eastern part of the region resulted in increases in dry conditions and drought in Georgia and North Carolina. Rain should be relatively light in the next week so…
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Rain across parts of the region led to an improvement in drought and abnormally dry conditions this week, with just two very small areas in Alabama and Georgia getting worse. Rain or wintry precipitation in the next week may lead to more improvements. If you are interested to see where the changes occurred, you can…
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The swath of rain that feel across parts of the region produced a significant decrease in drought conditions in the past week, with the coverage of area that are officially in drought decreasing from 52% to 26% of the area. Many areas still remain in abnormally dry conditions, and there were some increases in the…
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