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79% of Missouri is experiencing drought, including 11% of the state that is in extreme drought. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Drought conditions have gripped nearly the entire country, with only one state spared as a bone-dry autumn left most states parched. In November, Kentucky became the 49th state to cross into ...
During 1993 the Southeastern United States experienced high temperatures and conditions of drought for extended periods. 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]
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]
The catastrophic drought continued across the Upper Midwest and northern Great Plains states during 1989, not officially ending until 1990. [6] [7] Dry conditions continued during 1989, affecting Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, parts of Nebraska, [8] [9] Minnesota, [10] [11] Kansas and large portions of Colorado.
Known for its glowing swaths of yellow, orange and red, the U.S. Drought Monitor has warned farmers, residents and officials throughout the nation of impending water scarcity every week since 1999
The drought and heat wave conditions led many Midwestern cities to experience record heat. In Kansas City, Missouri, the high temperature was below 90 °F (32 °C) only twice and soared above the century mark (100 °F or 38 °C) for 17 days straight; in Memphis, Tennessee, the temperature reached an all-time high of 108 °F (42 °C) on July 13, 1980, part of a 15-day stretch of temperatures ...
After starting off this year in the depths of soil-parched conditions the U.S. Drought Monitor classifies as "severe" or "extreme" (a step beyond "severe"), about one-third of Cullman County has ...