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The heat waves associated caused the deaths of seventeen people and overall damage from the Southeastern-state drought of 1993 was somewhere between $1 billion and $3 billion in damage (1993 U.S. dollars). [67] drought has caused over the United States damage amounting to an estimated $40 billion in 1998. [68]
Following a wet beginning to August in much of the Northeast, precipitation has been well below the historical average due to extended stretches of dry weather. Some locations are on pace for ...
Known for its glowing swaths of yellow, orange and red, the U.S. Drought Monitor has warned farmers, residents and officials throughout the nation of impending water scarcity every week since 1999
The Pennsylvania Public Television Network (PPTN) was the state agency that funded and supported public television stations within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Its funding was eliminated in the Commonwealth's 2009–2010 budget and transferred to the Public Television Technology appropriation in the Executive Offices (Office of Administration).
The United States Drought Monitor is a collection of measures that allows experts to assess droughts in the United States.The monitor is not an agency but a partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
New Jersey residents are being asked to conserve water, after the state Department of Environmental Protection issued a drought watch on Thursday. The state has received below-normal levels of ...
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) is a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2021, the organization has five offices across Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Mt. Pocono and Erie.
They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Commonwealth describes a natural area as a location with "scenic, historic, geologic or ecological significance, which will remain in an undisturbed state, with development and maintenance being limited ...