Drought
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A new handbook which describes the different types of drought indicators is now available from the World Meteorological Organization. It is available in several languages and also online. You can access it at https://www.droughtmanagement.info/handbook-drought-indicators-and-indices/.
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Last week I reported that the Oroville Dam in northern California was in danger of losing its capacity to hold back water from the reservoir there, the second biggest one in California, due to a damaged spillway and water overtopping the emergency overland spillway due to heavy rains in the area. Hundreds of thousands of…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows the expansion of abnormally dry conditions across Florida and the Carolinas this week, due in part to low rainfall amounts and also to the very warm temperatures the region has experienced this past week. Areas of moderate drought have also been added to parts of northern Virginia and southern Florida. …
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Drovers Newsletter had a really interesting article this week on one livestock producer’s methods for getting ready to deal with drought. You can find it here. Some of his adaptation methods include having at least a year’s worth of food onsite and keeping cows that could be easily culled in a separate herd so you…
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After months of waiting, the Special Master to the Supreme Court announced today that he was recommending that Georgia win the lawsuit by Florida which aimed to cap the amount of water that could be used by Georgia before allowing it to flow to Florida. The State of Florida contended that Georgia was unlawfully taking…
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Drovers Newsletter posted a story today describing some of the continuing impacts of the Southeastern drought on cattle production. Fortunately, recent rains and cooler temperatures over the winter have improved the drought conditions significantly, but with warmer and drier conditions now occurring again, this could mean more problems for farmers down the road. You can…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows no change in the drought status from last week. Last week’s map also showed no change from the week before. What will happen next week? Rain in the last day (after the cut-off for today’s map) may help reduce the drought more, but we will have to…
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