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The drought affected multiple regional cities from Virginia into Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut; the drought also affected certain Midwest States, [44] including Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and the Great Plains. [45] Drought continued in parts of California in the early 1960s.
A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions. [1]: 1157 A drought can last for days, months or years.Drought often has large impacts on the ecosystems and agriculture of affected regions, and causes harm to the local economy.
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 2025 USD) in United States dollars, adjusting for inflation.
Recent drought and warm temperatures led to a spade of East Coast wildfires in December. Much of Southern California is now in severe drought, according to Thursday data from the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Much of the Northern Hemisphere is struggling with drought or the threat of drought, as Europe experiences an unusually warm, precipitation-free winter and the swaths of the American West remain ...
At the start of October 2022 before the arrival of the wet season, 99% of California was in drought, with more than 40% of the state in "extreme drought," according to the U.S. Drought Monitor ...
Progression of the drought from December 2013 to July 2014 Drought peak in late July 2014 The period between late 2011 and 2014 was the driest in California history since record-keeping began. [ 28 ] In May 2015, a state resident poll conducted by Field Poll found that two out of three respondents agreed that it should be mandated for water ...
Aoyate drought in the late 18th or early 19th century; 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia; 2008–2009 Kenya drought; 2011 East Africa drought; Sahel drought. 2010 Sahel famine; 2012 Sahel drought; Eastern Cape drought; 2017 Somali drought; 2018–2021 Southern African drought; 2020–2023 Horn of Africa drought; 2021 Somali drought; Food security ...