Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 August 2007

In Face of Drought, County to Seek Federal Aid [Virginia]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/08/AR2007080800065.html

Florida losses could hit $1 billion from drought
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN8842717020070808

Drought hurts corn crop [Michigan]
http://www.themorningsun.com/stories/081207/loc_drought.shtml

Rafting outfitters say river trips holding steady despite drought [Tennessee]
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=6923434

Supervisors declare drought emergency [Virginia]
http://www.registerbee.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=DRB%2FMGArticle%2FDRB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352355101&path=!news

Drought Conservation And A New Marina [North Dakota]
http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=9554

Dan River levels drop due to drought [North Carolina]
http://www.edendailynews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=EDN/MGArticle/EDN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352377274

Stop watering: Drought restrictions likely [Virginia]
http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/15/stop-watering-drought-restrictions-likely/

Drought Conditions Lead To Increase In Forest Fires [Virginia]
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/9176952.html

Governor Announces Drought Emergencies in 15 More Counties [Alabama]
http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=6937440

Rain Stalls Wildfire Near Yellowstone [Montana, Wyoming]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/17/AR2007081700527.html?sub=AR

Heat, drought close Farmer’s Market [Tennessee]
http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2007/08/18/heat-drought-close-farmers-market/

Heat, drought killing trees’ leaves [North Carolina]
http://news14.com/content/top_stories/586161/heat--drought-killing-trees--leaves/Default.aspx

Drought, heat afflicting life on Antelope Island [Utah]
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695202429,00.html

Heat, Drought Contribute To Deer Deaths, Officials Say [Tennessee]
http://www.wkrn.com/nashville/news/heat-drought-contribute-to-deer-deaths-officials-say/113691.htm

Open burning banned statewide as drought, heat lead to wildfires [North Carolina]
http://www.fayobserver.com/article_ap?id=109529

Drought’s Winners and Losers [Maryland]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/22/AR2007082200721.html

Lake beaches close due to drought [North Carolina]
http://news14.com/content/headlines/586391/lake-beaches-close-due-to-drought/Default.aspx

Drought status shows at lakes [North Carolina]
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20070825/NEWS/708250327/1005/news

Drought stressing trees, says expert [Indiana]
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/aug/27/drought-stressing-trees-says-expert/

Salt in the Wounds [Maryland]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/26/AR2007082601283.html

Drought may threaten Okeechobee levee [Florida]
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/08/drought-may-thr.html?csp=34

Drought Dries Up Homeowners’ Wells [Georgia]
http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=102352

Drought Takes The Green Out Of Landscaping [Tennessee]
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=6995745