Drought
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the area of moderate drought that was recently introduced to Florida has expanded along the East Coast and now covers almost 10% of the state. Drought in Georgia and South Carolina receded slightly or stayed constant. Seasonal rain in the next week should keep the drought from…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that an area of moderate drought has been introduced to the east coast of Florida. Drought also expanded slightly near Jacksonville. In Georgia and South Carolina, areas of moderate drought remained nearly the same. With almost no rain expected for the next week, these areas are likely…
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Dry conditions along the East Coast has led to a slight expansion of moderate drought conditions in eastern Georgia and southern South Carolina. A small sliver of drought was also added to northeast Florida near the addition of moderate drought to the Brunswick area of Georgia. In Alabama, abnormally dry conditions shrank as rain helped…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the small areas of moderate drought in parts of Georgia and South Carolina have been reduced by about 40 percent this week due to rainfall in the driest locations. Abnormally dry conditions expanded in the Florida Peninsula due to lack of rain and warm temperatures there.…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that there has been a significant expansion of abnormally dry conditions in eastern parts of Georgia, with a smaller expansion in Alabama. The amount of moderate drought in the region remains steady at just about 1 percent of the total area. The heaviest rain in the…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released this morning, shows that a lot of the drought that was in the Southeast last week has been reduced or removed by the rain from Hurricane Michael which occurred last week after the DM was finalized. There are still a few small patches of moderate drought remaining in Georgia…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a slight increase in moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions across the Southeast in the past week. However, the cutoff date for the map was last Tuesday, before Michael came onshore, so I expect to see significant reductions in dry conditions in next week’s map.
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