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The Drought Relief Service (DRS) was a federal agency of the U.S. New Deal formed in 1935 to coordinate relief activities in response to the Dust Bowl . It purchased cattle at risk of starvation due to drought.
Nov. 2—The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced the release of guidelines and a proposal solicitation package to distribute $200 million in funding available to communities and ...
The U.S. Drought Monitor provides a national database to track the duration and severity of droughts in the United States. It is hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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"Even though drought conditions have been long-term and much worse across the High Plains to the west, a lack of drenching rain in recent weeks has caused soil conditions to dry out rapidly over ...
The 2012–2013 North American drought, an expansion of the 2010–2013 Southern United States drought, originated in the midst of a record-breaking heat wave.Low snowfall amounts in winter, coupled with the intense summer heat from La Niña, caused drought-like conditions to migrate northward from the southern United States, wreaking havoc on crops and water supply. [1]
Throughout meteorological spring, cities such as Wichita, Kansas, observed lower-than-typical rainfall values.From March 1 to May 31, the airport only observed 3.86 inches of rain, compared to the ...
The Federal Drought Emergency Relief Assistance is a unit of Planning Commission under Ministry of Planning and Development to facilitate the implementation of the project in the drought-hit areas of all the provinces and territories and coordinate activities carried out in the provinces to mitigate the effects of drought. [1] Drought Emergency ...