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The U.S. Drought Monitor continues to show areas of the Southeast that are suffering through lack of rainfall. An extended stretch of counties along the west coast of Florida are in an extreme drought. These include Levy, Marion, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. Most of the rest of Florida is either in a severe drought or moderate drought. …
The extreme drought present in southern Florida has moved up the east coast, according to the latest release of the U.S. Drought Monitor. The extreme dry conditions are now present in Marion, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. A severe drought continues to be observed throughout most of the state, starting as far north as Dixie and Gilchrist counties …
Drought conditions continue to worsen in Florida, especially in the central and southern areas of the state. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, most of the central and southern regions of Florida are in a severe drought, though portions of Lee, Hendry and Collier counties are in an extreme drought. Most of the northeastern and northwestern parts of the state …
Drought-like conditions are worsening in certain areas of the Southeast, specifically in southern Florida and southern Alabama, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The majority of Florida is either abnormally dry, moderately dry, severely dry or extremely dry, as is the case for Lee, Hendry and Collier counties in South Florida. Most of central and south Florida is severely dry, …
By Clint Thompson Irrigation management is essential in North Florida watermelon plants especially if the current dry period continues in the region. But producers should be wary about how much water they apply this early in the season, according to Bob Hochmuth, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) regional specialized Extension agent in Live Oak, Florida. …
Florida remains mostly moderately dry. The southern area of Alabama is abnormally dry, as are the southwestern and southeastern areas of Georgia. That is according to last week’s release of the U.S. Drought Monitor. Florida’s worst conditions of moderate drought start as far north as Taylor and Lafayette counties and stretch southward to Monroe and Miami-Dade counties. Severe conditions are …
By Clint Thompson The sufficient moisture conditions that were prevalent just a few weeks ago across the Southeast has turned abnormally dry again, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. All of South Alabama is abnormally dry, with portions of eastern Geneva County and southern Houston County in the southeast part of the state being moderately dry. The dry areas stretch …
Thursday’s release of the U.S. Drought Monitor showed minimal dry conditions in Georgia and Alabama, while Florida is mostly abnormally dry or moderately dry. In Alabama, the only abnormally dry area is located in the southern half of Houston County. In Georgia, the dry conditions are located mostly in the southeast area of the state. The abnormally dry conditions start …
