Drought
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A new report from NOAA assesses the vulnerability of each state to drought. According to their report, “If asked where in the United States is most vulnerable to drought, you might point to those states in the West currently suffering under hot and dry conditions and raging wildfires. However, according to a new NOAA-funded assessment, what makes a…
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None of the Southeast is currently in drought due to the wet conditions we have experienced for a lot of the past few months. There are still a few patches of abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Alabama, Georgia, and extreme southern South Carolina. The areas of D0 in AL and GA were cut in half…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, covers conditions through this past Tuesday, before Sally came onshore. It shows no drought in the region but some pockets of abnormally dry conditions scattered around the region. They contracted slightly in Georgia and expanded slightly in South Carolina. With the passage of Sally over parts of the…
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Today’s Drought Monitor shows that even though there is no drought in the Southeast, some scattered pockets of abnormally dry (D0) conditions have appeared. They are in Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas. The next week should be fairly rainy, so they might not last long, but we will see.
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The severe drought in the western United States is causing many issues for agricultural producers. Fires are burning up rangeland and forests, and the extremely dry conditions have shut down the growth of grasses needed for production of cattle. This is causing ranchers concern about how rising temperatures may be leading to longer and stronger…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there is currently no drought in the region. However, there are still patches of abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Alabama, and Florida, where they have shrunk, and in Georgia, where they have expanded due to lack of rainfall from Marco and Laura. With little to no…
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Today’s Drought Monitor shows that all of the lingering drought has been removed from the Southeast, although there are still a few small areas where residual abnormally dry conditions still exist. But large parts of the western US are in bad drought conditions. Where can you go to get more drought information? The National Integrated…