#drought2026 — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #drought2026, aggregated by home.social.
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It’s not too late to submit photos of your surroundings from Labor Day weekend to the Visual Drought Atlas: https://go.unl.edu/visualdroughtatlas
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Your CMOR updates help provide a record of local drought conditions that make up an important resource for the U.S. Drought Monitor.
It’s easy to submit a report: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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Drought or dryness worsened in parts of the central and south-central U.S. this week. The rest of the Lower 48 saw a mix of improvement and degradation. Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico saw some improvement.
See more change maps: https://go.unl.edu/change-maps
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Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: Septiembre 10, 2026
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U.S. Drought Monitor September 10, 2026
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 49.12% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 49.51% last week.
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Parts of the South saw flash drought in August. Meanwhile, drought depleted water supplies in areas across the U.S. and territories.
Read more: https://mailchi.mp/unl.edu/monthly-drought-summaries-august-2026
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This week’s CMOR photo is from Texas County, Missouri.
“The grass is all burnt up and started feeding range cubes this week for more supplement. … We desperately need rain.”
Submit your photos: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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In many countries, the summer of 2026 was exceptionally hot and dry. Yet even as consumers and farmers were urged to use less, vast quantities of treated water continued to disappear beneath the streets.
The problem? A water pipe can leak for weeks without producing a puddle. Valuable water drains into soil or disappears into a sewer.
Now utilities are turning to acoustic AI to detect more leaks.
https://www.movetheneedle.news/brands/how-ai-is-learning-to-hear-water-disappear/
#AI #technology #innovation #utilities #drought2026 #engineering
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This Labor Day Weekend, add photos of your surroundings to the Visual Drought Atlas! Your contributions provide a record of dry, wet and normal conditions across the U.S.
Share your photos: https://go.unl.edu/visualdroughtatlas
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Parts of Arkansas are seeing water restrictions amid worsening dryness and drought.
According to the NWS Climate Prediction Center’s Monthly Drought Outlook, drought conditions are expected to continue or worsen across the state through September.
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Find educational resources, tutorials and more on our website. https://drought.unl.edu/Education.aspx
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Your CMOR updates help provide a record of local drought conditions that make up an important resource for the U.S. Drought Monitor.
It’s easy to submit a report: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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Drought and dryness worsened in parts of the Midwest and South this week. The rest of the Lower 48 plus Alaska saw a mix of conditions. Drought improved on parts of eastern Puerto Rico.
See more change maps: https://go.unl.edu/change-maps
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Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: Septiembre 3, 2026
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U.S. Drought Monitor September 3, 2026
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 49.51% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 47.56% last week.
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This week’s CMOR photo is from Sebastian County, Arkansas.
“This is our hay pasture. It is completely dead.”
Submit your photos: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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Blistering temperatures peaking above 110 degrees scorched areas along the Texas-Oklahoma border this week.
Oklahomans have recently reported drought impacts including dry stock ponds, wilting trees, dust storms, and elevated wildfire activity through Condition Monitoring Observer Reports.
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The August Dry Horizons roundup of drought news and research is now available. https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/DryHorizons.aspx
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How are conditions in your area? Share drought reports and photos to CMOR: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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Drought and dryness continued to worsen across much of the South this week, as well as Puerto Rico. The rest of the Lower 48, plus Alaska, saw a mix of improvements and degradations.
See more change maps: https://go.unl.edu/change-maps
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Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: Agosto 27, 2026
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U.S. Drought Monitor August 27, 2026
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 47.56% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 44.34% last week.
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This week’s CMOR photo is from Stephens County, Oklahoma.
“Severe wilting tree line.”
Submit your photos: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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A hot and dry August has caused drought and dryness to worsen in much of the South this week. Flash drought in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma has contributed to dry waterways and poor to very poor crop conditions.
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Learn more about the U.S. Drought Monitor: https://drought.unl.edu/Education/Tutorials/Usdm.aspx
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How are conditions in your area? Share drought reports and photos to CMOR: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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The South saw mostly degradations this week, while the rest of the Lower 48 saw a mix of improvements and degradations.
Puerto Rico and Alaska saw conditions worsen in areas, while Hawaii saw some improvement.
See more change maps: https://go.unl.edu/change-maps -
Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: Agosto 20, 2026
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U.S. Drought Monitor August 20, 2026
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 44.34% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 42.4% last week.
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This week’s CMOR photo is from White County, Arkansas.
“Pasture on higher ground is almost gone, even the deep holes in the creek are dry. It's as dry as I've seen it in years.”
Submit your photos: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought