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For Washington state in particular, energy related emissions are the dominant source of GHG emissions and have increased from 61.2 MMT CO 2-equivalent (CO 2-e) in 1990 (excluding residual fuel for transportation) to 74.6 MMT CO 2-e in 2004, while their share has increased from 79% of total emissions to 85% over the past fourteen years.
The heat waves associated caused the deaths of seventeen people and overall damage from the Southeastern-state drought of 1993 was somewhere between $1 billion and $3 billion in damage (1993 U.S. dollars). [67] drought has caused over the United States damage amounting to an estimated $40 billion in 1998. [68]
The drought of 1988 ranked as the worst drought since the Dust Bowl, which had occurred more than 50 years earlier. Damages in the United States (as of 2008, adjusted for inflation) were calculated at between $80 billion and almost $120 billion. The state of Minnesota alone saw $1.2 billion in crop losses.
Washington state has declared a drought emergency, with the exception of three cities. On Tuesday, ... The state's drought declaration in 2023 was set to end on June 30 this year. This new ...
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In parts of south-central Canada between spring 1983 to early Autumn 1985, drought led to substandard crops, primarily in Alberta, Manitoba and several regions of Saskatchewan. [7] Though June was somewhat wet for these areas, July was almost exactly the opposite, as was August, Autumn and the following two years. [7]
This is a list of significant droughts, organized by large geographical area and then year. ... Part of the 2010-2012 UK Drought. 2011 UK September–October Heatwave