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Washington -Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released a discussion draft of the California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act , a bill to help California deal with the drought emergency as well as future long-term effects of climate change. (senate.gov)
We investigated how a widespread tree mortality event concurrent with a severe drought influenced the avian community of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. (researchgate.net)
The current California drought has severely affected the state's environment and economy. (eurekalert.org)
Dr Van Loon added that in California, one of the big questions is how much rain is needed to end the drought. (eurekalert.org)
In 1987, California was at the beginning of what would be a six-year drought -- the second driest in the state's history. (kqed.org)
Water Deeply: Since you started the Pacific Institute, California has been through several droughts. (kqed.org)
When it rains a lot we forget about drought, and when it's dry we forget that sometimes it floods in California. (kqed.org)
Trump suggested "there is no drought" in California because the state has "plenty of water. (factcheck.org)
But California is in its fifth year of a severe "hot" drought, the kind that's expected to become more frequent with global warming. (factcheck.org)
Whether growing along the rim of the Grand Canyon or living in the mist with California's coastal redwoods, Douglas fir trees are consistently sensitive to drought conditions that occur throughout the species' range in the United States, according to a study led by a researcher at the University of California, Davis. (ucdavis.edu)
For example, one contributor to the recent California drought was a persistent high-pressure system parked off the west coast of Canada that deflected storms away from the state. (scienceblog.com)
Climate change means drought won't just stick around for two years at a time like it historically has - extreme weather is the new normal here in the American West and California will adapt to this new reality," Newsom said in an Aug. 11 statement. (latimes.com)
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has determined that a salinity barrier is needed in response to the current drought conditions in the State of California. (ca.gov)
What the Devastating Droughts in California and Texas Look Like When Graphed is from The Atlantic. (edublogs.org)
Chronic conditions and injuries accounted for over 75% of deaths in California in 2016. (cdc.gov)
Natural disasters in California, like an extended drought, or everyday exposures, such as air pollution can worsen existing chronic conditions and increase injuries. (cdc.gov)

A gallery of some of the fires satellites observed burning in the Southeast between 2016 and 2018. (nasa.gov)
The West African Ebola epidemic (2013-2016) and the 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo negatively impacted on the health of communities and caused major socioeconomic losses. (who.int)

This paper reviews environmental management and the use of science in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta during California's 2012-2016 drought. (escholarship.org)
California's groundwater pumping has been in overdraft for years, especially during the drought. (inhabitat.com)
California's current drought began in late 2011. (factcheck.org)
California's current drought has meteorological, hydrologic and agricultural elements. (factcheck.org)
Droughts lasting multiple years are also a regular characteristic of California's climate. (factcheck.org)
Record heat contributed to California's current meteorological drought, in part, by reducing snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains. (factcheck.org)
Think California's drought is bad? (theecologist.org)
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) - The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is trying to set an example on how to reduce water use amid California's fifth consecutive year of severe drought. (cbsnews.com)
California's Historic Drought is a photo gallery from The Atlantic. (edublogs.org)

Cairo, 27 February 2017 - The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up its response in Somalia to provide critical health services for 1.5 million people currently affected by severe drought conditions and a worsening food crisis. (who.int)
In the first 7 weeks of 2017, over 6000 cases and 65 deaths by acute watery diarrhoea/ cholera have been reported, and a total of 2578 cases of suspected measles were reported as of September 2016. (who.int)

Both drought stress indices showed the greatest drought stress in the years 2009, 2003 and 2011, as also indicated by the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) at the nearest meteorological station. (sisef.it)
Drought refers to a meteorological disaster that causes insufficient soil moisture and damage to crop water balance due to long-term lack of precipitation. (nature.com)
2) The drought intensity in the western region gradually increased (0.54-1.05) and drought events mainly occurred in the southwest plateau and central mountainous regions (24-47 times), means that drought meteorological hotspots were mainly concentrated in the Sichuan basin. (nature.com)
The U.S. Geological Survey calls the dry conditions that often develop after below average amounts of precipitation a "meteorological drought. (factcheck.org)
In other words, the state has experienced the low levels of precipitation characteristic of a meteorological drought. (factcheck.org)
The research forms part of creative experimentation in science-narrative methods played out in seven United Kingdom case-study catchments on hydro-meteorological gradients in the Drought Risk and You (DRY) project, with the agricultural Eden the most northerly. (frontiersin.org)
Chairman of the Management and Advisory Committees of the newly formed Integrated Drought Management Program launched by the World Meteorological Organization and the Global Water Partnership in 2013. (unl.edu)
Chairman of the International Organizing Committee for a High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, July 2011 to March 2013. (unl.edu)
Figure Observed trends in frequency and severity of meteorological droughts Trends in frequency (upper) and severity (lower) of meteorological droughts between 1950 and 2012. (europa.eu)

The 2021 Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier Project consists of constructing a temporary rock barrier across West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (ca.gov)
DWR is requesting emergency authorization under the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Regional General Permit 8 for the 2021 Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier Project. (ca.gov)

Co-chair of the executive council for the National Integrated Drought Information System, NOAA, 2007 to present. (unl.edu)

Wilhite and Glantz (1985) pointed out that drought usually occurs when an area does not get enough precipitation for a long time, leading to water shortages 3 . (nature.com)
A drought is normally defined as a natural hazard caused by a period of abnormally low precipitation. (springer.com)
This paper examines the concept of the standardized water level index (SWLI) calculation, which is based on the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and streamflow drought index (SDI) methods. (mdpi.com)
For effective drought monitoring/assessment, satellite-based precipitation products offer more reliable rainfall estimates with higher accuracy and spatial coverage than conventional rain gauge data. (mdpi.com)
The Waterdesk has released three interactive maps which provide the latest data on U.S. drought, precipitation and snowpack conditions. (blogspot.com)
During a drought, rainfall levels or other precipitation types are lower than average for an extended period, resulting in an inadequate water supply. (cdc.gov)
Using the corrected δ 18 O chronologies, we developed models based on linear regression to reconstruct drought, expressed by the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI). (lu.se)

This paper aims to understand how irrigated agriculture in a humid climate has been affected by past droughts and how different actors have adapted their activities and strategies over time to increase their resilience. (springer.com)
Future studies of tree ring isotope networks might reveal if the seasonality and spatial patterns of past droughts can explain this decoupling. (lu.se)

And as I will show, the odds are that next year will bring substantial IMPROVEMENT over this year regarding snowpack and drought. (blogspot.com)
New research suggests that "flash droughts" - like the one that unexpectedly gripped the Southern Rockies and Midwest in the summer of 2012 - could be predicted months in advance using soil moisture and snowpack data. (scienceblog.com)
This study highlights the role of snowpack and soil moisture conditions in predicting the sudden onset of drought. (scienceblog.com)
To explore the physical connections among snowpack, soil moisture, and drought, the researchers analyzed data collected between 1980-2012. (scienceblog.com)
The model helped us get a handle on how robust the relationships between snowpack, soil moisture, and drought are," Done said. (scienceblog.com)
While observations of snowpack and soil moisture could have helped predict the 2012 drought, the method does not replace other drought prediction measures that identify large-scale phenomena that frequently lead to drought conditions. (scienceblog.com)

Since the primary hydrological data in Lithuania are water levels, and converting these data into discharge takes additional time, there is a need to develop a methodology or adapt these data to analyze and detect hydrological droughts. (mdpi.com)

India's killer heatwave is leaving the country reeling from the worst drought in decades and a rural population struggling to survive. (cnn.com)
India was hit by the worst drought in decades in 2016. (cnn.com)
We are experiencing the worst drought in decades," she said. (latimes.com)

As reported by The Times , celebrities such as Sylvester Stallone, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Hart, and Kim and Kourtney Kardashian are among the more than 2,000 customers who have received "notices of exceedance" for surpassing 150% of their monthly water budgets at least four times since the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District declared a drought emergency in late 2021. (latimes.com)
On May 10, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency in 41 counties due to severe drought conditions. (ca.gov)
The long-term development policy of Mongolia, its priorities, and strategies for their implementation and expected outcomes are defined in the MDG-based Comprehensive National Development Strategy of Mongolia in two phases: first, to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and intensive development of its economy in 2007-2015, and second, to make a transition to knowledge-based economy in 2016-2021. (who.int)

We have identified genetic variants in Arabidopsis thaliana that are associated with survival of an extreme drought event-a major consequence of global warming. (nature.com)
Extreme drought fueled the outbreak of fires, and strong winds spread smoke broadly across the Southeast. (nasa.gov)

Some of the work that happened during the state's last drought in 2005 will help this time around, Bellon said. (columbian.com)

However, the growth and competitive ability of beech may be adversely affected by climate change, particularly drought ( [47] ). (sisef.it)
One of the most important direct effects of climate change is the continuous increasing of droughts, particularly in arid and semiarid regions. (researchgate.net)
Recent research has focussed on natural areas, such as the effects of climate change on drought under natural conditions. (eurekalert.org)
Despite progress on integrated climate change and disaster risk management frameworks, the 2015/2016 El Niño linked drought severely affected the region. (eldis.org)
national, provincial and local governments should be capacitated to proactively plan for and implement responses to severe droughts under the guidance of comprehensive integrated climate change adaptation and drought risk management policy frameworks and plans. (eldis.org)
His focus since has been on fostering drought management policy internationally and on climate change and its impacts on the state, and in September 2014, he was one of four authors that published "Understanding and Assessing Climate Change: Implications for Nebraska. (unl.edu)
Sector-based roundtable discussions that followed resulted in a summary report, released in early 2016, which Wilhite hopes will lead to additional action on climate change adaptation and mitigation for Nebraska. (unl.edu)
As a consequence of climate change, we may need to get used to increasingly extreme weather in the future - periods of drought as well as heavy downpours. (lu.se)

A drought index is usually the primary variable used to assess the effects of drought and to define drought parameters, which include intensity, duration, severity and spatial extent ( [36] ). (sisef.it)
Short term adaptation to drought can decrease the severity of the next drought or even cause within drought changes influencing the drought end. (eurekalert.org)
This process involved developing a framework for science-narrative drought "threshold thinking" that utilizes consideration of severity and scale, spatial and temporal aspects, framing in terms of enhancing or reducing factors internal and external to the catchment and new graphical methods. (frontiersin.org)
The paper discusses how this extended sense of thresholds might contribute to research and practice, involving different ways of linking drought severity and perception. (frontiersin.org)
Climate-related events, including prolonged droughts, destructive floods, and cyclones are increasing in number and severity. (who.int)

Washington's emergency drought funds can be used for projects such as modifying water sources, deepening existing wells, drilling new ones, leasing water rights or building infrastructure to store or move water. (columbian.com)

Drought impacts on crop yield and quality depend on numerous factors, including the onset of drought relative to the stage of crop development, the water source reliability, the vulnerability of each crop type to water stress and socio-economic factors. (springer.com)
The IMP said the district needed a plan for what to do during drought, as well as long-term measures to reduce drought vulnerability. (unl.edu)
Wilhite was the founding director of the International Drought Information Center in 1989, which focused at an international level on reducing vulnerability to drought through projects directed at planning, early warning and mitigation. (unl.edu)
In 1995, Wilhite founded the National Drought Mitigation Center, whose focus has been on reducing societal vulnerability to drought, nationally and internationally, through the development of preparedness plans that emphasize proactive mitigation measures and the adoption of national drought policies that are focused on risk reduction. (unl.edu)

The importance of adopting a vertically integrated drought management approach in the farming sector coupled with a better understanding of past drought impacts and management options is shown to be crucial for improving decision-making during future drought events. (springer.com)
The reconstruction of droughts is essential for the understanding of past drought dynamics and can help evaluate future drought scenarios in a changing climate. (lu.se)

Together, these data show the range of natural variation in Mediterranean drought occurrence, which will allow scientists to differentiate droughts made worse by human-induced global warming. (nasa.gov)
Drought is a natural occurrence. (cdc.gov)

Experts told us water management practices, the state's natural climate and global warming have all contributed to the state's current drought and water issues. (factcheck.org)
But the current drought is especially different because 2015 and 2014 were also the two warmest years on record in the state (and it's likely globally as well). (factcheck.org)
All of the farmers at the food distribution center who remembered the 1984-85 famine said the current drought is worse, particularly as it came on the back of a poor harvest in 2014. (voanews.com)
It offers a colorful, one-page visual display of key facts and health effects of drought, as well as highlights of CDC's current drought activities. (cdc.gov)
Fontainebleau displays dominantly wetter conditions during earlier centuries, whereas the current drought intensity is not unprecedented in the Angoulême record. (lu.se)

It's probably the worst hydrologic drought, four years in a row and now the fifth year. (kqed.org)
These conditions can then cause a "hydrologic drought," where the flows and levels of streams, rivers, lakes and reservoirs decline. (factcheck.org)

Europe suffered a severe drought last summer with high heat causing soils and plants to dry out helping to spread wildfires. (eurekalert.org)

Drought research should no longer view water availability as a solely natural, climate-imposed phenomenon and water use as simply a socio-economic issue. (eurekalert.org)

Most studies on water supply stress to date have focused on drought stress indices based on climate data ( [36] , [15] ). (sisef.it)

The drought in the region is starting to take its toll on farmers and their families. (cbaa.org.au)
After recurrent droughts, farmers typically learn from experience and implement changes in management to reduce their future drought risks and impacts. (springer.com)
After examining recent drought episodes from an agroclimatic perspective, information from an online survey was combined with evidence from semi-structured interviews with farmers to assess: drought risk perceptions, impacts of past drought events, management strategies at different scales (regional to farm level) and responses to future risks. (springer.com)
As reported by Wreford and Adger ( 2010 ), farmers typically learn from previous drought events and adapt their businesses based on their experiences. (springer.com)
The drought has left many hungry, has stunted children's growth, and has pushed subsistence farmers into financial ruin. (typepad.com)
In June 2015, the newspaper reported that, "Farmers in the Central Valley call it a 'man-made drought,' complaining that water needed for crops is going to fish instead. (factcheck.org)
Drought also affects farmers by reducing soil moisture, hindering crop growth, which the USGS calls an "agricultural drought. (factcheck.org)
A case study for the Western Cape province of South Africa indicates that improved drought resilience can be observed where sustainable land management practices have been taken up by farmers. (eldis.org)
While no one is predicting famine in Amhara this year, drought is once again casting a shadow over farmers eking out a living on these rocky hillsides. (voanews.com)
This study demonstrated the potential to improve seasonal drought outlooks in the future, giving farmers, water planners, and others more time to prepare. (scienceblog.com)

According to Cook, the range of how extreme wet or dry periods were is quite broad, but the recent drought in the Levant region, from 1998 to 2012, stands out as about 50 percent drier than the driest period in the past 500 years, and 10 to 20 percent drier than the worst drought of the past 900 years. (nasa.gov)
Finally, better environmental outcomes occur when resources are applied to improving habitat and bolstering populations of native species during inter-drought periods, well before stressful conditions occur. (escholarship.org)
It demonstrates how strongly water and society are intertwined during drought periods. (eurekalert.org)
Trends are based on a combination of three different drought indices - SPI, SPEI and RDI accumulated over 12-month periods. (europa.eu)
The Sahel experienced a severe drought during the 1970s and 1980s after wet periods in the 1950s and 1960s. (ametsoc.org)

The results of this study are instructive and practical for drought assessment, risk management and application decision-making in Sichuan Province, and have guiding significance for agricultural disaster prevention, mitigation and agricultural irrigation in Sichuan Province. (nature.com)
Periodic drought assessment and subsequent management are essential in effectively utilizing and managing water resources. (mdpi.com)
This has potential to improve assessment of sectoral vulnerabilities, development of adaptive strategies of different stakeholders, and more tailored drought communication and messaging. (frontiersin.org)

Earlier this month the Zimbabwean delegation, allegedly including Mugabe's own sister, paid Berland a visit in neighboring South Africa and apologized in hopes of ending the drought. (typepad.com)

Such actions may include, among other things, the installation and removal of, Emergency Drought Salinity Barriers at locations within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (ca.gov)

In 2016, Ethiopia faced its worst drought in three decades, triggering widespread crop failures. (christianaid.org.uk)
At both sites, recent decades are characterized by increasing drought. (lu.se)

Agriculture is one of the sectors that suffers most from the consequences of droughts, which are responsible for the greatest loss of agricultural production in many countries (Wilhite 2007 ). (springer.com)
After nearly 40 years with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Don Wilhite, founding director of the National Drought Mitigation Center, former School of Natural Resources director and dedicated applied climate professor, will retire and shift to emeritus status on June 30, 2016. (unl.edu)
When Wilhite began working with U.S. states, only three had drought plans. (unl.edu)
The NDMC may best be known for its work on the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly map of drought conditions, which Wilhite and the NDMC were instrumental in creating. (unl.edu)

The impact of droughts on food supply is thus a combination of the weather itself and the resilience of the different parts of the food supply chain to those impacts (Benton et al. (springer.com)

All of the American Southeast, except for coastal areas, faced at least moderate drought. (nasa.gov)

The drought is not going to get worse and we should be in a much better place next spring than this year. (blogspot.com)
The researchers propose broadening the definition of drought to include water shortage caused and made worse -- or sometimes improved -- by human activity. (eurekalert.org)
Storing water in reservoirs and extracting groundwater increase evaporation and decrease groundwater levels, making the drought worse. (eurekalert.org)

Anecdotally, rainfall was less than a quarter of normal with the drought being the worst in at least a half century. (wikipedia.org)
The August 11 drought monitor report (valid up to Tuesday August 9) showed the area of severe drought increasing to 29.5%, covering nearly all of the state from Syracuse west and again setting a weekly report record, though it did not account for widespread rainfall of one half to two inches that took place on Wednesday August 10. (wikipedia.org)
All of New South Wales and two-thirds of Queensland have been declared as in drought, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting below-average rainfall across much of Australia's east for the rest of the year. (asianage.com)
Therefore, drought characteristics in a certain region and time scale can be evaluated according to the rainfall and temperature, and corresponding measures can be taken to reduce the frequency and intensity of drought 6 . (nature.com)
This applies in the evidence used in statutory drought risk management with its focus on the science and statistics of rainfall, soil moisture, river flows, groundwater levels and water supply systems. (frontiersin.org)
Although rainfall partially recovered since the 1990s, the drought had devastating impacts on society. (ametsoc.org)
At decadal time scales, warming over the tropics leads to drought over the Sahel, whereas warming over the North Atlantic promotes increased rainfall. (ametsoc.org)

NIDIS supports drought research through advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms that lead to drought as well as improving the coordination and delivery of drought information. (drought.gov)

Results suggest that a management paradigm that integrates both traditional and non-traditional "fuzzy" threshold concepts across sectors should be integrated into current and future policy frameworks for drought risk management. (frontiersin.org)

Recommendations include use of pre-drought warnings, timely drought declarations, improved transparency and useful documentation, better scientific preparation, development of a Delta drought management plan (including preparing for salinity barriers), and improved water accounting. (escholarship.org)

The impacts of drought on agriculture are becoming an important abiotic stress in temperate and humid regions (Knox et al. (springer.com)
Research should also analyse the impacts of drought on society, how society responds to water shortages and the effect of these responses on drought. (eurekalert.org)

Indirect effects are changes to the land surface made by people that can affect the development of drought by altering hydrological processes. (eurekalert.org)

Subscribe to NIDIS emails for the latest regional drought updates, webinars, and news. (drought.gov)
A regional drought reconstruction based on a combination of the two sites shows good agreement with historical records of grape harvest dates in France, which provide another proxy of summer climate. (lu.se)

As a result, the state's ecosystems are accustomed to seasonal drought outside of those months. (factcheck.org)
Seasonal drought forecasts issued in May 2012 for the upcoming summer did not foresee a drought forming in the country's midsection. (scienceblog.com)
This is another ingredient that could be used when making seasonal drought forecasts," Done said. (scienceblog.com)

2022 due to a severe drought. (who.int)

While the drought is not nearly as severe as other droughts that take place in the west and midwestern United States in terms of duration and crop loss, droughts of this magnitude are rare in the humid temperate climate of Upstate New York. (wikipedia.org)
an increase in the magnitude and frequency of extreme events, such as droughts, will exacerbate the problem (Fedoroff et al. (springer.com)
Birds respond rapidly to changes in both habitat and climate conditions and thus are good indicators of the ecological effects of a changing climate, which may include warmer temperatures, changing habitat conditions, and increased frequency and magnitude of extreme events like drought. (researchgate.net)

With the continuous warming of global climate, the frequency and intensity of drought events have gradually increased, which seriously affects the survival of human beings and the sustainable development of society, from 1950 to 2000, the average disaster area in China was about 21.14 million hectares, accounting for 14.9 percent of the country's sown area. (nature.com)

Recent drought and tree mortality effects on the avian community in southern Sierra Nevada: a glimpse of the future? (researchgate.net)
We analyzed avian point counts from 2010 to 2016 in the southern Sierra Nevada, to model temperature, water deficit, and tree mortality effects on the abundances of 45 bird species, and then used these models to project abundances into the future based on three climate projections. (researchgate.net)
We conclude that future climate conditions may not have a universally negative effect on biodiversity in the Sierra Nevada, but probable vegetation changes and increased likelihood of extreme events such as drought should be incorporated into climate‐smart forest and wildlife management decisions. (researchgate.net)
UC Davis researcher Christina Restaino examines a tree core in a Sierra Nevada forest in 2016. (ucdavis.edu)

Drought stress would be more likely to occur in shallow soils such as those in this study. (sisef.it)
The two major circulation patterns that influence when droughts occur in the Mediterranean are the North Atlantic Oscillation and the East Atlantic Pattern. (nasa.gov)
In contrast, water scarcity - or lack of fresh water resources to meet standard or required water demand - can occur due to physical (drought), institutional and/or infrastructural reasons. (frontiersin.org)

The resulting lack of rain and higher temperatures, which increase evaporation from soils, lead to droughts. (nasa.gov)

Over the last 30 years, Europe has been affected by a number of major drought events, most notably in 1976 (Northern and Western Europe), 1989 and 1991 (most of Europe - [36] ). (sisef.it)
Key management actions for the drought are discussed relative to four major drought water management priorities stated by water managers: support public health and safety, control saltwater intrusion, preserve cold water in Shasta Reservoir, and maintain minimum protections for endangered species. (escholarship.org)

The results highlight how agricultural drought management strategies evolve over time, including how specific aspects have helped to reduce future drought risks. (springer.com)

A new NASA study finds that the recent drought that began in 1998 in the eastern Mediterranean Levant region, which comprises Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey, is likely the worst drought of the past nine centuries. (nasa.gov)
2010 ). However, recent drought events have also caused severe regional impacts on agricultural production. (springer.com)

Also, the question is: How do you define drought? (kqed.org)
But I define drought as not having enough water to do what you want. (kqed.org)

By late July, the area under the severe drought widened slightly to 26.82% despite widespread rains that exceeded an inch in parts of Western New York. (wikipedia.org)

Drought is a pervasive, diffuse, slow onset and hidden risk in the Anthropocene ( Van Loon, 2016 ), presenting specific management challenges in different national contexts. (frontiersin.org)

The water science researchers say that defining the causes of drought is crucial in deciding whether management should focus on making changes to cope with climate-induced drought (adaptation) or tackling the actions that lead to human-induced drought (mitigation). (eurekalert.org)

However, drought stress intensity and duration differed between the indices and study sites. (sisef.it)

A total of 1,028 cholera cases have been reported from 8 districts of Banadir affected by drought during epidemiological week 1 to 27, 2019 (table 1). (who.int)

In response, CDC's National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) developed When Every Drop Counts: Protecting Public Health during Drought Conditions-A Guide for Public Health Professionals . (cdc.gov)
Another resource that is easy to share with your community and partners is CDC's drought infographic. (cdc.gov)
CDC's drought guidance: Your public health resource for understanding and preparing for drought in your community. (cdc.gov)

In Southwest Washington, much of the drought-related concern centers around water and fish. (columbian.com)
Although the literature contains many well-researched articles on the aspects and implications of drought itself, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes much is yet to be learned about how drought affects public health in the United States. (cdc.gov)

Get timely updates on local drought conditions, outlooks, and impacts from NIDIS and its partners. (drought.gov)

Combined with existing tree-ring records from Spain, southern France, and Italy, these data were used to reconstruct patterns of drought geographically and through time over the past millennium. (nasa.gov)

FILE - U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, center, listens to Ziway Dugda district community members in a drought-stricken area in Ziway Dugda, Ethiopia, Jan. 31, 2016. (voanews.com)

Despite being a humid region, drought is an inherent feature of the UK climate. (springer.com)

After a wet spring, a quick-onset drought has parched fields. (nasa.gov)

The Weekly Drought Reports Map uses data from the National Drought Mitigation Center to provide a weekly update on drought conditions. (blogspot.com)

It started distributing emergency food aid in October after the strongest El Nino on record triggered a drought which left wheat shoots to wither in the fields. (voanews.com)
The Zimbabwe government says more than 10,000 livestock have died as a result of the El Nino drought. (voanews.com)
The children show more life than the adults during this El Nino-induced drought in Mudzi district about 250 kilometers east of Harare, one of the hardest hit areas in Zimbabwe. (voanews.com)

Both for modern society and certainly ancient civilizations, it means that if one region was suffering the consequences of the drought, those conditions are likely to exist throughout the Mediterranean basin,' he said. (nasa.gov)
Scientists call the combination of dry and hot conditions a "hot" drought . (factcheck.org)
Currently 39% of the United States is dry or in drought conditions. (blogspot.com)
The map uses five different colors to shows the areas of the U.S. currently experiencing dry or drought conditions. (blogspot.com)
The timeline at the bottom of the map allows you to explore drought conditions over time, since the beginning of this century. (blogspot.com)
Researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) analyzed the conditions leading up to the 2012 drought, which ultimately caused $30 billion in economic losses, looking for any warning signs that a drought was on the way. (scienceblog.com)
To obtain a copy of or for more information about When Every Drop Counts: Protecting Public Health during Drought Conditions-A Guide for Public Health Professionals , please send an e-mail to [email protected] . (cdc.gov)
Drought conditions have increased the spread of epidemic-prone diseases such as acute watery diarrhoea, cholera and measles. (who.int)

Washington's unprecedented drought continues to deepen, and there's no end in sight, state officials said Friday in a conference call with reporters. (columbian.com)

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Sierra Nevada4

Occur3

Increase evaporation1

Major drought2

Future drought1

Recent drought2

Define drought2

Rains1

Loon1

Human-induced1

Intensity1

20191

CDC's3

Centers2

Outlooks1

Reconstruct1

Ethiopia1

Humid1

Onset1

Mitigation1

Nino3

Conditions8

Continues1