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The dry conditions have led to a drought watch and a warning about the potential for wildfires to grow out of control, according to officials. York County is in a drought watch; red flag issued ...
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 ...
Sep. 21—The Frederick County Division of Water and Sewer Utilities is encouraging customers to reduce their water usage by 10% to 15% in light of the state changing a previously issued drought ...
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 ...
A banner indicating a red flag warning, flown at a CAL Fire station in 2022. A red flag warning is a forecast warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States to inform the public, firefighters, and land management agencies that conditions are ideal for wildfire combustion, and rapid spread. [1]
In 2021, Pennsylvania experienced areas of extreme flooding due to Hurricane Ida, which was noted as having characteristics that are probably more common in a warmer climate: the intensity, the rapid intensification, and the amount of rainfall over land. [1]
Snow squall warnings, high winds and more bitter cold is in the forecast. Lake-effect storm warnings issued for parts of New York and Pennsylvania through Saturday Skip to main content
Another form of severe weather is drought, which is a prolonged period of persistently dry weather (that is, absence of precipitation). [92] Although droughts do not develop or progress as quickly as other forms of severe weather, [ 93 ] their effects can be just as deadly; in fact, droughts are classified and measured based upon these effects ...