{"id":446,"date":"2017-09-28T09:18:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T13:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/water\/?p=446"},"modified":"2018-03-22T17:20:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T21:20:48","slug":"drought-monitor-for-september-26-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/water\/2017\/09\/drought-monitor-for-september-26-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Drought Monitor for September 26, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Drought Monitor is available for 26 September 2017.<\/p>\n

After Tropical Storm IRMA, the Georgia, south Carolina, Florida and Alabama are all considered to be under no Drought.<\/p>\n

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The following is copy from the latest release from the National Drought Mitigation Center:<\/p>\n

Within the announcement, there are a few links that will provide additional information. \u00a0These include:<\/p>\n

Crops in Drought<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. Drought Monitor statistics<\/a>\u00a0(Drought Map)<\/p>\n

Narrative of Drought<\/a><\/p>\n

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U.S. Drought Monitor for September 26, 2017:<\/p>\n

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For the contiguous 48 states, the U.S. Drought Monitor showed 13.81 percent of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 15.51 percent a week earlier.<\/p>\n

Drought now affects 28,002,510 people, compared with 26,320,080 a week earlier.<\/p>\n

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For all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor showed 11.65 percent of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 13.07 percent a week earlier.<\/p>\n

Drought now affects 28,373,444 people, compared with 26,683,014 a week earlier.<\/p>\n

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To find populations affected by drought for specific states or time periods please visit https:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/MapsAndData\/DataTables.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Just select one of the Population types from the Statistic Type pulldown.<\/p>\n

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The attachments include the weekly map and narrative as well as the one-week change map.<\/p>\n

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For complete U.S. Drought Monitor statistics and additional products and information, please visit https:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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“U.S. Crops in Drought” is updated each week:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/oce\/weather\/Drought\/AgInDrought.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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