Monitoring Drought

 News Articles Relating to Drought Monitoring

 August 2008

Water demand rises despite pleas to conserve [California]
http://www.moorparkacorn.com/news/2008/0801/Front_page/001.html

Farmers eyeing the skies for rain [North Carolina]
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20080805/NEWS/197609328/1151/NEWS/Farmers_eyeing_the_skies_for_rain

Louisiana residents deal with unusually dry weather
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080806/NEWS01/808060312

Rain in SW Kansas not much help for drought
http://www.kansas.com/business/agriculture/story/489030.html

75 Years Later, Another ‘Dust Bowl’ Looms
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/dust-bowl-47081202

Heat drives Calif. plants to higher ground [California]
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080812/NEWS08/808120345/1006/NEWS

French Broad River at lowest level in at least 100 years [North Carolina]
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880811103

Thurmond Lake could fall to lowest level since 2002 [Georgia]
http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/26866049.html

Drought is draining region’s streams [North Carolina]
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/breaking/story/128456.html

Fry-Ark flows may be inadequate to meet commitments [Colorado]
http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2008/08/13/news/local/doc48a2936f22ff6672948008.txt

Lack of rain leads to fire restrictions [Montana]
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2008/08/15/local_headlines/local.txt

Water rationing looms as reservoir levels plummet [California]
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/water-state-california-2129414-rationing-reservoir

Running dry: Lack of rain drops water even further in Franklin County [Virginia]
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/173378

Evidence of century-long droughts found
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/08/19/Evidence_of_century-long_droughts_found/UPI-27171219164394/

Kan. governor extends drought warnings [Kansas]
http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=8885963

Drought concerns starting to drown farmers’ hope [Tennessee]
http://www.volunteertv.com/news/headlines/27382904.html

Fay drenches much of South, bringing needed relief
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080826/UPDATES01/80826008

Drought pulls river flow to lowest recorded level [North Carolina]
http://www.newsobserver.com/674/story/1192377.html