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Droughts affecting Florida were so severe that lakes were actually drying out. Wildfires, forest fires, and brush fires were very prevalent in association with the 2000s (decade) drought in the Southeastern United States. The 2006-2008 Southeast U.S. drought caused over $1 billion in damage. [77]
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The 2000s drought in Australia, also known as the millennium drought, [1] is said by some to be the worst drought recorded since European settlement. [2] The drought affected most of southern Australia, including its largest cities and largest agricultural region (the Murray–Darling basin). It commenced with low rainfall conditions in late ...
The drought of 2002 had a negative impact in many states. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As usually happens during dry spells in the eastern United States, the 2002 drought was caused by a westward extension of the semi-permanent Bermuda High, which resulted in a continuous flow of hot south-southwesterly air north and caused the storm track to be pushed well off ...
New research shows global warming has become the dominant driver of worsening drought in the western United States. ... The researchers determined that since 2000, human-caused warming has become ...
Since 2000, climate change has been the primary cause of both the expansion of the drought area and the increase in drought severity, with that percentage rising to over 90% during the drought period.
Thanks in part to climate change, the number and frequency of droughts on the planet has increased by 29% in the past 22 years, according to a United Nations report. As a result, roughly one-third ...
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