Drought
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The lack of rainfall in the last week has led to the expansion of abnormally dry (D0) conditions across a wide swath of the Southeast and the introduction of a small area of moderate drought (D1) into Alabama. The moderate drought in Georgia and South Carolina also expanded. The next week looks relatively dry, so…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, show that two small areas of moderate (D1) drought have been introduced to southern South Carolina and east central Georgia. These are in response to the dry conditions in those regions, which have been largely bypassed by the heavy rains that have hit more northern parts of those…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the area of abnormally dry (D0) conditions more than doubled from last week’s map. There was a big increase in D) in southeastern Georgia and a smaller expansion in South Carolina and Florida, with the addition of a small area in Alabama. Abnormally dry conditions do…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows very slight changes in the amount of abnormally dry conditions across the region from last week. In Florida the amount of abnormally dry conditions decreased a bit, while there were slight expansions in South Carolina and Georgia. There is currently no drought in the region. The dry…
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Even though there is no drought in the Southeast at the moment, a new area of abnormally dry conditions has appeared in coastal South Carolina with small extensions into Georgia and North Carolina in the past two weeks. This is in addition to the remnant dry conditions along the east coast of Florida. These areas…
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Time magazine posted a longform story earlier this week on the terrible drought which has been occurring in Australia this year, combining record-setting high temperatures with very low precipitation amounts. The impacts of this drought on agriculture have been awful, resulting in the losses of immense numbers of cattle and sheep as well as reduced…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that all drought has now been removed from the Southeast, leaving a small area of residual abnormally dry conditions along the east coast of the Florida peninsula. That may well be removed in the next week as they are forecast to get a good bit of rain,…
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