Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 July 2005

Wildfires Pose Danger to Desert Tortoise [Utah]
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=706&u_sid=1450903

Drought threatens area crops [Illinois]
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14795776&BRD=1719&PAG=461&dept_id=25271&rfi=6

Area needs 12-15 inches of rain over three months [Indiana]
http://www.thepilotnews.com/articles/2005/07/11/news/news01.txt

Colorado wildfire forces evacuations; hot, dry forecast promises little relief
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/07/09/nation/doc42d00b1351dcd972213580.txt

Houston Gripped by Drought After City’s Driest June on Record
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aqUm6haQ2DcQ&refer=us

Drought puts stress on water wells across the area [Illinois]
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/071105_ns_drought.html

Drought reduces beach closings [Chicago]
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/071405_ap_ns_beach_closings.html

Drought making itself felt in urban areas around Illinois
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/12133466.htm

Indian reservation running out of water [South Dakota]
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/07/30_hetlandc_modrinkwater/

Drought now ‘serious’ for area’s crops [Illinios]
http://www.nwherald.com/BusinessSection/283755652746027.php

Drought Chokes State [Wisconsin]
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wisc/20050718/lo_wisc/2830967

Burn permits suspended as drought raises wildfire hazard [Michigan]
http://www.sooeveningnews.com/articles/2005/07/16/news/news314.txt

Entire state may seek drought disaster status [Illinois]
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14873139&BRD=1719&PAG=461&dept_id=25271&rfi=6

Drought draining to fields and farmers [Texas]
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/metropolitan/3268551

Drought emergency declared [Wisconsin]
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jul05/341449.asp

Missouri Drought Effects Felt in 106 Counties
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/9028/

Drought forces Kane to state of emergency [Illinois]
http://www.nwherald.com/MainSection/local/301180295267588.php

Data indicates Muscatine in middle of severe drought [Iowa]
http://www.muscatinejournal.com/articles/2005/07/19/news/doc42dd1b7ec4a62623535262.txt

Crops suffer amid heat, drought [Iowa]
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3612548

WFU Calls for Federal Drought Disaster Assistance [Wisconsin]
http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-state.cfm?Id=861&yr=2005

Inches of rain don’t end Bluegrass drought [Kentucky]
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/12162946.htm

Like Rest of Midwest, Minnesota Farms Suffer From Drought Effects
http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=179574&source=r_science

Drought forces farmers to ask for help [Oregon]
http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050719/NEWS0106/507190310/1004/NEWS

County applies for federal drought aid [Illinois]
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2005/07/22/news/news04.txt

Drought effects cascade [Indiana]
http://www.etruth.com/News/Content.aspx?ID=352885&page=

Drought disaster declared in Will County [Illinois]
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/sunpub/plainfield/news/psdrought.htm

Storm does little to ease drought [Illinois]
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-drought21.html

Phelps County included in drought alert [Missouri]
http://www.therolladailynews.com/articles/2005/07/21/news/news2.txt

Drought continues to affect farmers: Soybean crops hit hard from lack of rain [Arkansas]
http://www.thedailycitizen.com/articles/2005/07/30/news/top_stories/top01.txt

Heat, drought prompt ban on open fires [South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming]
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2005/07/30/news/local/news04.txt

Drought’s impact cuts many ways [Illinois]
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/hp/07-28-05-644478.html

Heat and drought bringing crisis to Midwest farms
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=DROUGHT-07-26-05&cat=AN

Drought: Dry weather of 2005 drains reservoirs and ruins orchards [Washington]
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2005/08/01/story2.html?page=3

Beetles shaping Montana’s forest lands [Montana]
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/31/news/mtregional/news02.txt