#drought2024 — Public Fediverse posts
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Drought caused various water supply issues in Texas and the Mid-Atlantic over the past month.
Read more in the December drought impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/57c4471ae6874fd6af7d7c4da34339eb
#drought #drought2024 #December2024 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates
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One- and two-category improvements to drought and abnormal dryness occurred across much of the Northeast in December.
Read more in the December drought climate summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/17568665e3944e6bb8dc69030e965e87
#drought #drought2024 #December2024 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates
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Massachusetts residents are being asked to conserve water because of wildfires, drought
With a drought and wildfires plaguing Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey is telling people to conserve water to help firefighters.
"'Drought conditions and wildfire risks are ongoing. There are steps everyone can take to minimize risk, protect their communities, conserve water and support our firefighters,' Healey said in a release. 'Residents, businesses and facilities should minimize their water use as much as possible, and there should be no outdoor fires at this time. Our firefighters are working hard and making considerable sacrifices to battle these fires on our behalf. Let’s do all we can to avoid making their jobs any harder.'
Here's what to know.
What's the latest on wildfires burning in the state?
"There are about 60 wildfires burning in Massachusetts as of Wednesday, according to National Interagency Fire Center data which tracks wildfires across the United States.
"That's down from Nov. 9 when state fire officials reported 175 #wildfires that continued to be an issue across Massachusetts. Mass Wildlife stated that there were 203 brush fires in Massachusetts during the month of October, which is an increase of about 1,200% over the average. Typically, there are only about 15 brush fires in October.
"On Nov. 10, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) stated, 'Effective immediately and continuing until further notice, the (DCR) has closed Boxford State Forest to visitors in order to fight an active wildfire.' That wildfire burnt 150 acres of land.
How severe is the drought in Massachusetts?
"As of Nov. 7, the Connecticut River Valley's (#Connecticut, #Massachusetts, #NewHampshire, and #Vermont) level was raised to a Level 2 (significant drought). The central and northeast regions of Massachusetts have been raised to a #Level3, which constitutes a '#CriticalDrought.' Cape Cod is considered to be 'abnormally dry' at the moment."
#ThisIsFine #NYCBrushFires #WildfireWx #Drought2024
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Massachusetts residents are being asked to conserve water because of wildfires, drought
With a drought and wildfires plaguing Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey is telling people to conserve water to help firefighters.
"'Drought conditions and wildfire risks are ongoing. There are steps everyone can take to minimize risk, protect their communities, conserve water and support our firefighters,' Healey said in a release. 'Residents, businesses and facilities should minimize their water use as much as possible, and there should be no outdoor fires at this time. Our firefighters are working hard and making considerable sacrifices to battle these fires on our behalf. Let’s do all we can to avoid making their jobs any harder.'
Here's what to know.
What's the latest on wildfires burning in the state?
"There are about 60 wildfires burning in Massachusetts as of Wednesday, according to National Interagency Fire Center data which tracks wildfires across the United States.
"That's down from Nov. 9 when state fire officials reported 175 #wildfires that continued to be an issue across Massachusetts. Mass Wildlife stated that there were 203 brush fires in Massachusetts during the month of October, which is an increase of about 1,200% over the average. Typically, there are only about 15 brush fires in October.
"On Nov. 10, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) stated, 'Effective immediately and continuing until further notice, the (DCR) has closed Boxford State Forest to visitors in order to fight an active wildfire.' That wildfire burnt 150 acres of land.
How severe is the drought in Massachusetts?
"As of Nov. 7, the Connecticut River Valley's (#Connecticut, #Massachusetts, #NewHampshire, and #Vermont) level was raised to a Level 2 (significant drought). The central and northeast regions of Massachusetts have been raised to a #Level3, which constitutes a '#CriticalDrought.' Cape Cod is considered to be 'abnormally dry' at the moment."
#ThisIsFine #NYCBrushFires #WildfireWx #Drought2024
#FireSeason #NortheastWildfires -
Massachusetts residents are being asked to conserve water because of wildfires, drought
With a drought and wildfires plaguing Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey is telling people to conserve water to help firefighters.
"'Drought conditions and wildfire risks are ongoing. There are steps everyone can take to minimize risk, protect their communities, conserve water and support our firefighters,' Healey said in a release. 'Residents, businesses and facilities should minimize their water use as much as possible, and there should be no outdoor fires at this time. Our firefighters are working hard and making considerable sacrifices to battle these fires on our behalf. Let’s do all we can to avoid making their jobs any harder.'
Here's what to know.
What's the latest on wildfires burning in the state?
"There are about 60 wildfires burning in Massachusetts as of Wednesday, according to National Interagency Fire Center data which tracks wildfires across the United States.
"That's down from Nov. 9 when state fire officials reported 175 #wildfires that continued to be an issue across Massachusetts. Mass Wildlife stated that there were 203 brush fires in Massachusetts during the month of October, which is an increase of about 1,200% over the average. Typically, there are only about 15 brush fires in October.
"On Nov. 10, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) stated, 'Effective immediately and continuing until further notice, the (DCR) has closed Boxford State Forest to visitors in order to fight an active wildfire.' That wildfire burnt 150 acres of land.
How severe is the drought in Massachusetts?
"As of Nov. 7, the Connecticut River Valley's (#Connecticut, #Massachusetts, #NewHampshire, and #Vermont) level was raised to a Level 2 (significant drought). The central and northeast regions of Massachusetts have been raised to a #Level3, which constitutes a '#CriticalDrought.' Cape Cod is considered to be 'abnormally dry' at the moment."
#ThisIsFine #NYCBrushFires #WildfireWx #Drought2024
#FireSeason #NortheastWildfires -
Massachusetts residents are being asked to conserve water because of wildfires, drought
With a drought and wildfires plaguing Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey is telling people to conserve water to help firefighters.
"'Drought conditions and wildfire risks are ongoing. There are steps everyone can take to minimize risk, protect their communities, conserve water and support our firefighters,' Healey said in a release. 'Residents, businesses and facilities should minimize their water use as much as possible, and there should be no outdoor fires at this time. Our firefighters are working hard and making considerable sacrifices to battle these fires on our behalf. Let’s do all we can to avoid making their jobs any harder.'
Here's what to know.
What's the latest on wildfires burning in the state?
"There are about 60 wildfires burning in Massachusetts as of Wednesday, according to National Interagency Fire Center data which tracks wildfires across the United States.
"That's down from Nov. 9 when state fire officials reported 175 #wildfires that continued to be an issue across Massachusetts. Mass Wildlife stated that there were 203 brush fires in Massachusetts during the month of October, which is an increase of about 1,200% over the average. Typically, there are only about 15 brush fires in October.
"On Nov. 10, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) stated, 'Effective immediately and continuing until further notice, the (DCR) has closed Boxford State Forest to visitors in order to fight an active wildfire.' That wildfire burnt 150 acres of land.
How severe is the drought in Massachusetts?
"As of Nov. 7, the Connecticut River Valley's (#Connecticut, #Massachusetts, #NewHampshire, and #Vermont) level was raised to a Level 2 (significant drought). The central and northeast regions of Massachusetts have been raised to a #Level3, which constitutes a '#CriticalDrought.' Cape Cod is considered to be 'abnormally dry' at the moment."
#ThisIsFine #NYCBrushFires #WildfireWx #Drought2024
#FireSeason #NortheastWildfires -
Massachusetts residents are being asked to conserve water because of wildfires, drought
With a drought and wildfires plaguing Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey is telling people to conserve water to help firefighters.
"'Drought conditions and wildfire risks are ongoing. There are steps everyone can take to minimize risk, protect their communities, conserve water and support our firefighters,' Healey said in a release. 'Residents, businesses and facilities should minimize their water use as much as possible, and there should be no outdoor fires at this time. Our firefighters are working hard and making considerable sacrifices to battle these fires on our behalf. Let’s do all we can to avoid making their jobs any harder.'
Here's what to know.
What's the latest on wildfires burning in the state?
"There are about 60 wildfires burning in Massachusetts as of Wednesday, according to National Interagency Fire Center data which tracks wildfires across the United States.
"That's down from Nov. 9 when state fire officials reported 175 #wildfires that continued to be an issue across Massachusetts. Mass Wildlife stated that there were 203 brush fires in Massachusetts during the month of October, which is an increase of about 1,200% over the average. Typically, there are only about 15 brush fires in October.
"On Nov. 10, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) stated, 'Effective immediately and continuing until further notice, the (DCR) has closed Boxford State Forest to visitors in order to fight an active wildfire.' That wildfire burnt 150 acres of land.
How severe is the drought in Massachusetts?
"As of Nov. 7, the Connecticut River Valley's (#Connecticut, #Massachusetts, #NewHampshire, and #Vermont) level was raised to a Level 2 (significant drought). The central and northeast regions of Massachusetts have been raised to a #Level3, which constitutes a '#CriticalDrought.' Cape Cod is considered to be 'abnormally dry' at the moment."
#ThisIsFine #NYCBrushFires #WildfireWx #Drought2024
#FireSeason #NortheastWildfires -
#InwoodPark Ablaze as #BrushFires Reach Historic Levels Across #NYC
Firefighters have responded to more than 200 brush fires in the past two weeks, including nearly two dozen in #VanCortlandtPark in The Bronx, as the city reckons with an historically dry and fiery season.
by Jonathan Custodio and Max Rivera Nov. 13, 2024
‘We Could Smell It From Our Apartment’
"The recent brush fires over a historically dry stretch included two separate ones over four days in wooded parts of the Bronx’s sprawling Van Cortlandt Park that have local residents and officials concerned about what could be coming before significant rain finally arrives.
"'Remarkably dry conditions in October and so far in November have resulted in a historic amount of brush fires over the last two weeks,' FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said in a statement on Wednesday, hours before another brush fire erupted in Inwood Hill Park. 'Due to a significant lack of rainfall, the threat of fast spreading brush fires fueled by dry vegetation and windy conditions pose a real threat to our members and our city."
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/13/brush-fires-nyc-inwood-van-cortlandt-parks/
#NYCBrushFires #NYC #WildfireWx #Drought2024 #FireSeason #NortheastWildfires
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#InwoodPark Ablaze as #BrushFires Reach Historic Levels Across #NYC
Firefighters have responded to more than 200 brush fires in the past two weeks, including nearly two dozen in #VanCortlandtPark in The Bronx, as the city reckons with an historically dry and fiery season.
by Jonathan Custodio and Max Rivera Nov. 13, 2024
‘We Could Smell It From Our Apartment’
"The recent brush fires over a historically dry stretch included two separate ones over four days in wooded parts of the Bronx’s sprawling Van Cortlandt Park that have local residents and officials concerned about what could be coming before significant rain finally arrives.
"'Remarkably dry conditions in October and so far in November have resulted in a historic amount of brush fires over the last two weeks,' FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said in a statement on Wednesday, hours before another brush fire erupted in Inwood Hill Park. 'Due to a significant lack of rainfall, the threat of fast spreading brush fires fueled by dry vegetation and windy conditions pose a real threat to our members and our city."
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/13/brush-fires-nyc-inwood-van-cortlandt-parks/
#NYCBrushFires #NYC #WildfireWx #Drought2024 #FireSeason #NortheastWildfires
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#InwoodPark Ablaze as #BrushFires Reach Historic Levels Across #NYC
Firefighters have responded to more than 200 brush fires in the past two weeks, including nearly two dozen in #VanCortlandtPark in The Bronx, as the city reckons with an historically dry and fiery season.
by Jonathan Custodio and Max Rivera Nov. 13, 2024
‘We Could Smell It From Our Apartment’
"The recent brush fires over a historically dry stretch included two separate ones over four days in wooded parts of the Bronx’s sprawling Van Cortlandt Park that have local residents and officials concerned about what could be coming before significant rain finally arrives.
"'Remarkably dry conditions in October and so far in November have resulted in a historic amount of brush fires over the last two weeks,' FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said in a statement on Wednesday, hours before another brush fire erupted in Inwood Hill Park. 'Due to a significant lack of rainfall, the threat of fast spreading brush fires fueled by dry vegetation and windy conditions pose a real threat to our members and our city."
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/13/brush-fires-nyc-inwood-van-cortlandt-parks/
#NYCBrushFires #NYC #WildfireWx #Drought2024 #FireSeason #NortheastWildfires
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#InwoodPark Ablaze as #BrushFires Reach Historic Levels Across #NYC
Firefighters have responded to more than 200 brush fires in the past two weeks, including nearly two dozen in #VanCortlandtPark in The Bronx, as the city reckons with an historically dry and fiery season.
by Jonathan Custodio and Max Rivera Nov. 13, 2024
‘We Could Smell It From Our Apartment’
"The recent brush fires over a historically dry stretch included two separate ones over four days in wooded parts of the Bronx’s sprawling Van Cortlandt Park that have local residents and officials concerned about what could be coming before significant rain finally arrives.
"'Remarkably dry conditions in October and so far in November have resulted in a historic amount of brush fires over the last two weeks,' FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said in a statement on Wednesday, hours before another brush fire erupted in Inwood Hill Park. 'Due to a significant lack of rainfall, the threat of fast spreading brush fires fueled by dry vegetation and windy conditions pose a real threat to our members and our city."
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/13/brush-fires-nyc-inwood-van-cortlandt-parks/
#NYCBrushFires #NYC #WildfireWx #Drought2024 #FireSeason #NortheastWildfires
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#InwoodPark Ablaze as #BrushFires Reach Historic Levels Across #NYC
Firefighters have responded to more than 200 brush fires in the past two weeks, including nearly two dozen in #VanCortlandtPark in The Bronx, as the city reckons with an historically dry and fiery season.
by Jonathan Custodio and Max Rivera Nov. 13, 2024
‘We Could Smell It From Our Apartment’
"The recent brush fires over a historically dry stretch included two separate ones over four days in wooded parts of the Bronx’s sprawling Van Cortlandt Park that have local residents and officials concerned about what could be coming before significant rain finally arrives.
"'Remarkably dry conditions in October and so far in November have resulted in a historic amount of brush fires over the last two weeks,' FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said in a statement on Wednesday, hours before another brush fire erupted in Inwood Hill Park. 'Due to a significant lack of rainfall, the threat of fast spreading brush fires fueled by dry vegetation and windy conditions pose a real threat to our members and our city."
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/13/brush-fires-nyc-inwood-van-cortlandt-parks/
#NYCBrushFires #NYC #WildfireWx #Drought2024 #FireSeason #NortheastWildfires
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#Wildfire in nearby #WaterboroMaine right now. Back in 1947, an unusually dry summer led to devastating fires, with nine towns wiped out!
The Year a State Burned: Maine Fires of 1947 Wipe Out 9 Towns
Warning signs of the #Maine fires appeared as early as March. An abnormally warm spring caused snow to melt early in the woods. Mid-July to October were unusually #dry, with 108 consecutive days without rain.
New England Historical Society, updated in 2024
"An eight-mile-long wall of fire burned in #Kennebunkport. In #NorthWaterboro, nearly 60 residents and volunteers were trapped for more than an hour behind a line of fire before escaping.
"In York County, the fires destroyed most of the homes in #Shapleigh and #Waterboro. then swept toward the sea and consumed swathes of #Alfred, #Lyman, #Newfield, #Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, #Arundel, #Dayton, #Wells, #Biddeford and #Saco [and #Hollis]."
Read more:
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Ongoing drought in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast spread into the Midwest in August, bringing a range of impacts to the contiguous U.S.
Read more in the August drought impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6422168df01c46babe1b48d7fd716d54
#drought #drought2024 #August2024 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates
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Coverage of abnormal dryness and drought increased over many parts of the U.S. during August. In particular, drought and dryness occurred in the south-central United States, parts of the west, the northwestern Great Plains and parts of West Virginia and southeast Ohio.
Read more in the August drought climate summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3b16aee45d4342969205494e3dd973a6
#drought #drought2024 #August2024 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates
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Areas along the East Coast from northern Florida to Virginia saw a marked increase in drought conditions in June. Most of the impacts dealt with agriculture concerns and water supply issues and restrictions.
Read more in the June impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/929fb18f3b86410ab915e7f374b8eda5
#drought #drought2024 #June2024 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates
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At the end of June, drought and abnormal dryness coverage had grown significantly from the start of the month. Large parts of the lower Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast saw degradations into abnormal dryness or some level of drought.
Read more in the June climate summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/405a2fe42c2b4ec791f4e35b0b1b72fd
#drought #drought2024 #June2024 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates
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In the June 2024 edition of Dry Horizons:
➡️ Oregon spotted frog beginning to make a comeback
➡️ United Nations team creates drought plan for Afghanistan
➡️ Initiative takes advantage of natural solutions to improve water resilienceRead more: https://mailchi.mp/unl.edu/dry-horizons-june-2024
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Drought in the U.S. was at a low ebb on the U.S. Drought Monitor in recent months, after several years of roughly a third or more of the country being dry. Despite the small quantity of drought, 70 impacts were added to the Drought Impact Reporter during May 2024.
Read more in the May drought impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cb9e09ce845049009a48ea3e801012f6
#drought #drought2024 #May2024 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates
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At the end of May, only 10.5% of the U.S. and Puerto Rico was in moderate drought or worse conditions, the lowest coverage since March 2020.
Read more in the May drought climate summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c24f09185e4e4de6847cd8e1d44f79d7
#drought #drought2024 #May2024 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and Sen. John Kennedy have both recently issued disaster declarations to bring assistance to the state’s crawfish industry.
#drought #drought2024 #science #climate #UnitedStates #USA #US #Louisiana #crawfish #crawfishseason2024
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Drought and freezing temperatures delayed the crawfish season in Louisiana and East Texas. With fewer crawfish available, restaurants were charging $16 to $22 per pound just to break even, according to local vendors.
Read more about this story and more in the February drought impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b3f8693282ed482b9a4ad05a9bf62b66
#drought #drought2024 #February2024 #climate #science #data #news #UnitedStates #crawfish #Louisiana #Texas -
By the end of 2023, drought receded from the West and covered parts of the Midwest, South and Southeast. Texas recorded the most drought impacts, followed by Louisiana and Missouri.
Read more in the 2023 annual drought impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4a61081403d5426ea3c4093906d30014
#drought #drought2023 #drought2024 #climate #news #data #maps #US #USA #UnitedStates
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While many states had above-average or higher temperatures in 2023, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Massachusetts and New Hampshire had their warmest year on record.
Read more in the 2023 annual drought climate summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2b9ad4708f104711aa51c8188ee86dfd
#drought #drought2023 #drought2024 #climate #news #data #maps #US #USA #UnitedStates
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This week was one for the U.S. Drought Monitor record books!
Heavy rains in the South, Southeast and Midwest led to widespread drought improvement — a 14-point drop in the Drought Severity and Coverage Index for the continental U.S., to be exact. That means it’s tied for the fourth-largest decrease in the history of the USDM.
DSCI sums up the USDM for an area in a single statistic. Learn more: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/About/AbouttheData/DSCI.aspx