Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Picture of the year: This file was a candidate in Picture of the Year 2007. This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.
Satellite images reveal the impact of the long drought on one of the country's main water sources.
The drought in California may be much more publicized, but other parts of the U.S. have also been suffering. NASA recently released images of Lake Mead, one from 2000 and one from this year to ...
The satellite images below, from the NASA, show the lake in April 2022, at left — when it was at 40% capacity — and then a little over two weeks ago, when the lake was a lavish 96% full.
A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions ... A 2006 article reported results showing that the forest in its present form could survive only three years ...
The 1988–1990 North American drought ranks among the worst episodes of drought in the United States. This multi-year drought began in most areas in 1988 and continued into 1989 and 1990 (in certain areas). The drought caused $60 billion in damage ($155 billion 2025 USD) in United States dollars, adjusting for inflation.
Despite the improvement in drought conditions, more than 99 percent of the state remains at least abnormally dry, and 92 percent is experiencing at least moderate drought conditions, according to ...
The Western Governors' Association described the need for NIDIS in a 2004 report, Creating a Drought Early Warning System for the 21st Century: The National Integrated Drought Information System. The NIDIS Act calls for an interagency, multi-partner approach to drought monitoring, forecasting, and early warning, led by the National Oceanic and ...