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In late 2007, NIDIS launched the U.S. Drought Portal, or drought.gov, a website that pulls together many federal, state, and academic resources for monitoring drought. [9] [10] In January 2021, NIDIS worked with NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information to launch a completed redesigned U.S. Drought Portal. The new website features ...
As of spring 2021, extreme drought threatened the southern corners of Manitoba and Saskatchewan after an abnormally dry fall and winter. In June of 2023, some parts of the Great Plains saw a drought that according to the Canadian Drought Monitor was a one in fifty year occurrence. [55] [56]
Percent Area in U.S. Drought Monitor Categories since year 2000. A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936. Photo: Arthur Rothstein. The United States' contiguous western and especially southwestern region has experienced widespread drought since about year 2000.
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.
A map of Ohio's drought conditions. A large portion of southeastern and south-central Ohio is currently in an "extreme drought condition," according to the agency that monitors droughts.
According to the latest version of the U.S. Drought Monitor, released on Thursday morning, extreme drought conditions have been completely eliminated in the state. Since mid-October, the area ...
Map of NCEI Locations as of 2021. NCEI is headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina, with other primary locations in Boulder, Colorado; Silver Spring, Maryland; and Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. [21]
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