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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows that about half of North Carolina is in moderate to severe drought, with only parts or all of about a dozen of 100 counties having received normal rainfall for the year.
The 2020–2021 drought was described by some as possibly the worst drought in modern history for the Western U.S. [8] By late spring 2021, dry conditions had expanded to almost the entire state of California and to neighboring Nevada .
Other early notable droughts in North America include the Fairbank Drought of 500 BC [24] and the Whitewater Drought of 330 C.E. [25] [26] There were megadroughts in what is now the central and western United States, between 900 and 1300. [27]
Most of North Carolina has seen very little rain since August, with 7.5 million of the state’s 10.5 million residents now living with drought conditions.
2012–2013 North American drought; 2020–2023 North American drought; South America. Drought in Chile. Chilean water crisis; Petorca water crisis (2010–present)
The type of drought seen in 2020-2022, previously occurring once every thousand years, is projected to happen every 60 years by mid-century and every six years by the century's end if greenhouse ...
1950s–1960s North American drought; 1983–1985 North American drought; 1988–1990 North American drought; 2002 North American drought; 2006–2008 Southeastern United States drought; 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought; 2011–2017 California drought; 2012–2013 North American drought; 2015 Caribbean drought; 2016 New ...
North Carolina is facing one of the quickest onset droughts it’s experienced this century. Experts say storms may not be enough to snap it. Drought is officially declared across North Carolina ...