Drought
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While I have been busy answering hurricane-related calls and emails, there have been plenty of other weather-related topics discussed in recent news. Here are some more stories of interest that I saw lately that are not related to hurricanes. AgWeb: Georgia Farmer Reaps Bigger Yields By Focusing On Better Acres Farm Progress: Mississippi River dries…
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There was not much change on this week’s Drought Monitor from last week except for in central Alabama, where moderate and severe drought increased due to the lack of rain and warm temperatures. Since no rain is forecast for the next week, we might expect to see a further increase in drought conditions on next…
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The Drought Monitor this week showed that while drought conditions improved in southern Alabama and far western Florida, an area of abnormally dry conditions reappeared in coastal Georgia and South Carolina, which received less rain from Debby and Helene than more inland counties did. Northern Alabama and parts of Tennessee also experienced an increase in…
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This week’s Drought Monitor showed that the incredible rain from Hurricane Helene completely wiped out drought in areas along its path. In some cases, there was a 3-category change in drought conditions, from extreme drought to none at all, because of the torrential rain. This is the first time I can remember seeing such a…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that rain from Francine helped improve drought conditions in the Florida Panhandle, SW Georgia, and a lot of Alabama. However, Francine’s rain petered out near the Fall Line and north of that, conditions got worse over scattered pockets of the region. Some of the rain from the Potential…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released on Thursday morning, shows that drought has expanded across most of the western part of our region due to heat and lack of rainfall. A small sliver of extreme (D3) drought was identified in northern Alabama and many areas of drought jumped up a category, while there were just a…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released earlier today, shows that severe drought (D2) now covers over a quarter of Alabama. Moderate drought (D1) and a small spot of severe drought are now present in western parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The eastern parts of the region are still free of dry conditions…
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