Monitoring Drought

 News Articles Relating to Drought Monitoring

 August 2009

“Exceptional drought” covers 32 million acres in south Texas
http://southwestfarmpress.com/news/texas-drought-0803/

California Must Prep for Climate Change
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/03/tech/main5205691.shtml

Lake Travis is at its third all-time lowest level [Texas]
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/weather/entries/2009/08/05/lake_travis_is.html

DNR: The Okanogan in extreme fire danger [Washington]
http://grandcoulee.com/articles/2009/08/08/news/doc4a7e2057a3753588248666.txt

State Climatologist: Drought Hits Historic Levels In Parts of Texas
http://www.kbtx.com/tamu/headlines/53169912.html

How low can it go? Warm weather draining Peninsula water supply levels [Washington]
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090818/news/308189996

Droughts of Past Yield Lessons for a Warming World
http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=110797

New report shows record drought, heat [Texas]
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/Severity_of_Texas_drought_assessment

No rain = lowest lake level in years [Wisconsin]
http://www.press-publications.com/articles/2009/08/26/white_bear_press/news/doc4a9465ee66fc9628409365.txt

Drought may be on the horizon [South Carolina]
http://www.pickenssentinel.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Drought+may+be+on+the+horizon20&id=3505283-Drought+may+be+on+the+horizon&instance=home_news_lead