Monitoring Drought

 News Articles Relating to Drought Monitoring

 November 2008

Concern Over Lack of Rain Growing [Florida]
http://www.theledger.com/article/20081103/NEWS/811030337/1042/COLUMNISTS?Title=October_Was_Cool__Dry

Lanier may hit record low [Georgia]
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/498869.html

Rainfall good for Tehama County cattlemen [state]
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/news/ci_10914929

Texas crop, weather: Drought returns to most of state
http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_49949.shtml

DEP Declares Drought Watch in 29 Western, North Central Pennsylvania Counties
http://www.theenergydaily.com/pressreleases/environmental_services/200811071000PR_NEWS_USPR_____DC44585.html

Drought plagues Barton Springs [Texas]
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/weather/Drought_plagues_Barton_Springs

Maui officials concerned about lack of rain [Hawaii]
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081110/BREAKING01/81110038/-1/LOCALNEWSFRONT

Hartwell Lake could drop below intake by next fall [Georgia, South Carolina]
http://www.macon.com/220/story/519978.html

Shallow reservoirs indicate deep drought [California]
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=6494777

Experts: Drought could get worse [South Carolina]
http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/409/story/196965.html

Sweetwater Reservoir At Lowest Level In Years [California]
http://www.10news.com/news/17969642/detail.html

Tennessee: Wet winter may battle drought
http://www.tfponline.com/news/2008/nov/15/tennessee-wet-winter-may-battle-drought/?local

JPL forecasts below average rainfall for parched O.C. [California]
URLhttp://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/18/jpl-forecast-below-average-rainfall-for-oc-this-winter/8428/

On pace for another dry year, all eyes turn upward [Idaho]
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/573545.html

Winter drought drains East Tennessee Farms
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=69501&catid=2

Weather Service: Dry October Made Drought Worse [Tennessee]
http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/299457

Least Drought Coverage in Three Years
http://www.farmfutures.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=CD26BEDECA4A4946A1283CC7786AEB5A&nm=News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=3BE5601EB1EB47958BF810DECBC314CA

James River water level near record; this time on low side [Virginia]
http://www.mainstreetnewspapers.com/news.php?viewStory=3563

Drought task force sticks with 10 percent conservation level [Pennsylvania]
http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2008/11/18/news/news/news757.txt

Drought conditions make life difficult for farmers [Texas]
http://www.gainesvilleregister.com/local/local_story_330105026.html

Drought ongoing in much of the state [Texas]
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/nov/24/drought-ongoing-in-much-of-the-state/

Drought deepens strain on a dwindling Colorado [western U.S.]
http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_11096669

Lanier: How low will it go? [Georgia]
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/11811/

 

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