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From 1950 to 1957, Texas experienced the most severe drought in recorded history. By the time the drought ended, 244 of Texas's 254 counties had been declared federal disaster areas. [40] Drought became particularly severe in California, with some natural lakes drying up completely in 1953.
1990 UK Drought and Heatwave; 1995 UK Drought and Heatwave (The drought generally lasted until Summer 1997) 2003 UK Drought and Heatwave; 2006 UK Drought and Heatwave; 2011 UK Drought and March–April Heatwave (The drought continued from 2010 and lasted through until March 2012) Part of the 2010-2012 UK Drought. 2011 UK September–October ...
The last female Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird was lost in the storm; her mate was recorded singing in solitary until he went silent and presumably died in 1987, marking the extinction of their species. [17] In Indonesia and Australia, one of the worst droughts ever occurred as a result of this
The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases drying up riverbeds that were previously navigable waterways. The Solimoes ...
It also led to record rainfalls in California during the water season of 1997–98, one of Indonesia's worst droughts on record, and contributed to the worst tornado outbreak in the history of the state of Florida. 1998 ultimately became the warmest year in recorded history (up until then). [5]
The French government described the drought as the worst the country has ever recorded. In Britain, a ban has been imposed on the use of hoses to water gardens, fill paddling pools and wash cars ...
The 1988–1990 North American drought ranks among the worst episodes of drought in the United States. This multi-year drought began in most areas in 1988 and continued into 1989 and 1990 (in certain areas). The drought caused $60 billion in damage ($155 billion 2024 USD) in United States dollars, adjusting for inflation.
A dramatic drying in 2021 — about as dry as 2002 and one of the driest years ever recorded for the region — pushed the 22-year drought past the previous record-holder for megadroughts in the ...