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Much-needed drought relief is on the way for parts of Texas as the atmosphere sends a substantial increase in moisture from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico toward the United States ...
Researchers are working to help decision-makers in many contexts by making drought monitoring, forecasting, and impacts information available at a variety of spatial scales and geopolitical boundaries, including regional, watershed, county and tribal. NIDIS is a prototype for information services, in support of preparing for and adapting to ...
A significant rainfall deficit resulting from an incredibly hot and dry summer is to blame for these expansive areas of drought along the Gulf Coast, but multiple days of rain this week will help ...
Over the holiday, 2-8 inches of rain poured down on portions of central Texas and part of the Texas coast. Galveston picked up 6.62 inches in 96 hours as of Tuesd Slow-moving tropical rainstorm to ...
A staggering 58% of the state of Louisiana is in exceptional drought, the highest drought category, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Furthermore, 85% of the state is experiencing one of the ...
Thus, during the 1970s and 1980s, much of the Texas Gulf Coast (including most of Brownwood) sank a total of 10 to 15 feet (4.6 m). Brownwood, which had previously been high and dry, was repeatedly inundated by high tides and storms. In 1983, extensive damage from Hurricane Alicia finally led to the abandonment of most of Brownwood's homes. [3]
Soon after rain from one storm dwindled in parts of the Gulf Coast states, a new storm developed offshore of the Texas coastline. AccuWeather meteorologists say the newest storm will likely tap ...
The Ike Dike is a proposed coastal barrier that, when completed, would protect the Galveston Bay in Texas, United States.The project would be a dramatic enhancement of the existing Galveston Seawall, complete with floodgates, which would protect more of Galveston, the Bolivar Peninsula, the Galveston Bay Area, and Houston.