Drought
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Rain the past week has improved drought conditions in northern Florida but severe drought expanded in southeastern Georgia and has now extended into the far southern tip of South Carolina according to the latest Drought Monitor released today. Moderate drought has also expanded in southern Florida due to the lack of rain there.
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The New York Times posted an interesting article on the changing nature of droughts in Kenya and other parts of Africa. According to trends over the last thirty years, droughts are becoming more frequent and are getting worse. This is impacting livestock producers there, who are having a more difficult time feeding and maintaining their…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows that severe drought has expanded in southeastern Georgia. Abnormally dry conditions shrunk in Alabama but expanded in South Carolina. These trends are likely to continue in the next week as most of the rain that is expected will fall in central and north Alabama and Georgia.
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The latest Drought Monitor, released on Thursday, show that an area of severe drought has been added to southeastern Georgia in response to very warm temperatures and lack of rainfall. Moderate drought was introduced to the South Carolina coast as well. Drought was removed from northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia due to copious rain there.
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows only slight changes in drought across the Southeast this week. Moderate drought was removed from a small portion of central Alabama while it expanded slightly in central Georgia. South Florida saw an expansion in abnormally dry conditions. The rest of the region saw no changes. With some…
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If you’ve been following international news lately, you know that Cape Town, South Africa, is about to run out of water after several years of a devastating drought. They have been undergoing significant water rationing and even so, are expected to run out of water by July 7. This is a huge city and it…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, indicates that drought has diminished across northern and western parts of the Southeast due to continuing rain in those areas. Two areas of abnormally dry conditions were identified in the Florida peninsula due to the lack of rain there. This rainfall pattern is likely to persist for at…
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