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Much-needed drought relief is on the way for parts of Texas as the atmosphere sends a substantial increase in moisture from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico toward the United States ...
Researchers are working to help decision-makers in many contexts by making drought monitoring, forecasting, and impacts information available at a variety of spatial scales and geopolitical boundaries, including regional, watershed, county and tribal. NIDIS is a prototype for information services, in support of preparing for and adapting to ...
The Gulf Coast’s most significant rainfall in months will bring much-needed relief this week to portions of the Gulf Coast, helping to alleviate Louisiana’s worst drought on record – one ...
Most of South Texas is in a moderate or severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Most of Harold's rain, however, will miss the worst drought-stricken areas of southeastern and ...
The Western Gulf Coastal Plain is a Level III ecoregion in the US Environmental Protection Agency's scheme of US ecoregions. It is roughly coextensive with the Western Gulf coastal grasslands, with the important exception that the EPA-defined area terminates at the national boundary, while the natural ecoregion extends into northeastern Mexico.
Thus, during the 1970s and 1980s, much of the Texas Gulf Coast (including most of Brownwood) sank a total of 10 to 15 feet (4.6 m). Brownwood, which had previously been high and dry, was repeatedly inundated by high tides and storms. In 1983, extensive damage from Hurricane Alicia finally led to the abandonment of most of Brownwood's homes. [3]
At the same time, drought has expanded to large areas of the southern Appalachians, Piedmont and Atlantic coast locations and continues in areas farther to the west in Texas.
Texas Gulf Coast is an intertidal zone which borders the coastal region of South Texas, Southeast Texas, and the Texas Coastal Bend.The Texas coastal geography boundaries the Gulf of Mexico encompassing a geographical distance relative bearing at 367 miles (591 km) of coastline according to CRS [1] and 3,359 miles (5,406 km) of shoreline according to NOAA.