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Eastern U.S. drought deepens


Eastern U.S. drought deepens, sparking concern over wildfire risk

October 2024 was record to near-record dry for a large portion of the Eastern US, including several major cities.

Eastern U.S. drought deepens, sparking concern over wildfire risk

October 2024 was record to near-record dry for a large portion of the Eastern US, including several major cities.

National Current Conditions | Drought.gov

... drought improvement in the Central U.S., especially in the Plains, South, and Midwest. However, much of the Eastern U.S. worsened for the second week in a ...

Current Map | U.S. Drought Monitor

Storm systems brought significant precipitation and drought relief to broad areas in the central Rockies, central and southern Plains, Lower and Middle ...

Current Northeast Drought Conditions | USDA Climate Hubs

Although the Northeast region is already experiencing a greater number of heavier rainfall events, the frequency for drought is increasing within the growing ...

NRCC Drought Page - Northeast Regional Climate Center

The U.S. Drought Monitor released on November 14 showed less than 1% of the Northeast in exceptional drought, 5% in extreme drought, 21% in ...

National Drought Status

... drought improvement in the Central U.S., especially in the Plains, South, and Midwest. However, much of the Eastern U.S. worsened for the second week in a ...

Drought intensifies across the eastern US - EHN

The eastern U.S. is experiencing a "flash" drought due to record heat and lack of rain, affecting more than a dozen states from Ohio to Georgia. Severe drought ...

Drought - HHS.gov

Following a very dry October, drought coverage expanded and intensified across much of the eastern and central U.S. A wet start to November ...

October 2024 Drought Report

Based on the Palmer Drought Index, severe to extreme drought affected about 18% of the contiguous United States as of the end of October 2024, ...

Northeast - | U.S. Drought Monitor

Intensity. None; D0 (Abnormally Dry); D1 (Moderate Drought); D2 (Severe Drought); D3 (Extreme Drought); D4 (Exceptional Drought); No Data ...

Southeast - | U.S. Drought Monitor

Precipitation was highly variable across the Southeast Region last week, with some areas experiencing substantial relief from dryness and drought while other ...

Drought expands and deepens in Kentucky; hurricane remnants ...

Many areas of the Midwest are now in abnormally dry or worse conditions. Kentucky, eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, southern and eastern ...

2020–2023 North American drought - Wikipedia

Over the course of 2021, conditions improved in the Northeast but worsened in the Western United States. As of June 2021, "nearly the entire region (97 percent) ...

South - | U.S. Drought Monitor

This resulted in reductions in dryness and drought severity across affected areas of the Lower Mississippi Valley and eastern Texas, with some 2-class ...

Extreme Weather and Climate Updates - The New York Times

The Plains and Upper Midwest are growing drier as drought deepens in the West. ... Eastern half of the country has gotten more rain, on ...

Eastern U.S. drought deepens, sparking concern over wildfire risk

Eastern U.S. drought deepens, sparking concern over wildfire risk ... October 2024 was record to near-record dry for a large portion of the Eastern US, including ...

U.S. Drought Intensifies in Texas and Florida - Climate Central

Drought expanded in two key areas of the country last week – Florida and West Texas – where several weeks of low rainfall have allowed already ...

Drought intensifies across the eastern US - The Daily Climate

A severe drought has expanded from the Ohio Valley to the South, impacting more than a dozen states and prompting emergency declarations in ...

Droughts and Climate Change | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov

Drought is a serious environmental threat across the United States. Climate change exacerbates droughts by making them more frequent, longer, and more ...