Wildfires rage in the West as temperatures soar into triple digits
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Brazil’s upcoming fire season and drought are likely to complicate Covid cases.
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Patients were treated in the coronavirus wing of a hospital in Tefé, a remote municipality in Amazonas, Brazil, last year.Credit…Tyler Hicks/The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — Scientists are projecting another bad fire season in the Amazon, one that … Read More
California Drought: Santa Rosa Officials Make 20 Percent Cut In Water Usage Voluntary For Now
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SANTA ROSA (CBS SF/BCN) — In the grip of extreme drought, the Santa Rosa City Council has asked residents to voluntarily reduce their water consumption by 20 percent. The request comes weeks after the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors declared … Read More
Nearly half the U.S. is in drought and conditions are expected to grow worse, NOAA says
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KEY POINTS Nearly half of the continental U.S. is in a moderate to exceptional drought, government forecasters said Thursday, and conditions are expected to grow more severe and persistent over the next three months. It’s the most significant spring drought … Read More
Western rivers face pinch as another dry year takes shape
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FILE – This March 28, 2021 image shows tumbleweeds covering a sandbar along the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As several states in the American West face intense drought, it’s shaping up to be … Read More
Forecast for spring: Nasty drought worsens for much of US
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FILE – This Feb. 17, 2021 file photo shows an empty irrigation canal at a tree farm in Corrales, N.M., with the Sandia Mountains in the background, as much of the West is mired in drought, with New Mexico, Arizona, … Read More
A Running List of Record-Breaking Natural Disasters in 2020
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The year has already seen many extremes, from California’s and Colorado’s largest wildfires to a tropical cyclone boom. Smoke hangs low in the air along Highway 236 in Boulder Creek, Calif., on August 22, 2020. The CZU Lightning Complex fires decimated … Read More
2000-2010 drought in Upper Missouri River Basin driest in 1,200 years
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain A large team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S. and one in Canada has found that the 2000-2010 drought in the Upper Missouri River Basin was the driest in the past 1,200 years. … Read More
Worst drought in recent Polish history likely: hydrologist
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The lack of precipitation last winter and this spring, has left Poland in danger of experiencing the worst drought in recent history, warns Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences and hydrologist, professor Paweł Rowiński. According to the Institute … Read More