[THIS NOT AN EXCUSE TO OVERUSE WATER!]

California is completely drought-free for the first time in 25 years

Some wet years and recent winter storms have helped bring the state out of #drought after years of insufficient rainfall

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/california-completely-drought-free

California is completely drought-free for the first time in 25 years https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/california-completely-drought-free #California #Drought #Environment #Wildfires #UsNews #WestCoast

California is completely drought-free for the first time in 25 years https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/california-completely-drought-free #California #Drought #Environment #Wildfires #UsNews #WestCoast

California is completely drought-free for the first time in 25 years https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/california-completely-drought-free #California #Drought #Environment #Wildfires #UsNews #WestCoast

9.3% Of Earth’s Land Flagged In New Outbreak Risk Map
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https://www.earth.com/news/93-of-earths-land-flagged-in-new-outbreak-risk-map-pr25/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adw6363 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #global #outbreak #risk #hazard #publichealth #publicsafety #death #AI #machinelearning #remotesensing #earthobservation #epidemic #pandemic #disease #environment #cost #highrisk #mediumrisk #zoonotic #zoonoticdisease #climate #climatechange #temperature #extremeweather #pluvial #rainfall #precipitation #water #hydrology #drought #landuse #changes #deforestation #population #demographics #livestock #biodiversity #mitigation #planning #response #monitoring
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Oklahoma | U.S. Drought Monitor | January 8, 2026
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?OK

#Oklahoma #OKWX #Drought

The past week featured above-normal temperatures across much of the western half of the U.S.

The Drought Download video series uses maps, climate indicators and graphics to visualize the US Drought Monitor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80pT70g5EtU

#USDroughtMonitor #drought #drought2026

How is drought in New England affecting water levels and the environment? https://phys.org/news/2026-01-drought-england-affecting-environment.html

#NewEngland #environment #water #drought

California is free of drought and abnormal dryness for the first time since 2000. The state has also experienced periods with less than 1% of abnormal dryness in 2005 and 2011.

#drought2026 #drought #California

A generally dry and hot week worsened dryness and drought conditions in every state in the South. This has been drying up pastures across much of the region.

#drought #drought2026 #South

Drought expanded significantly from the Central and Southern Plains to the East Coast. In the West, large swaths of improvement occurred. Drought (D1-D4) covered 44.82% of the contiguous US, a jump of 1.99 points, as parts of the Southeast continued to dry out.

#drought #DroughtMonitor

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx

The western US is in a snow drought – here’s how a storm made it worse

Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a snow drought. That might sound surprising, given the record precipitation from atmospheric rivers hitting the region in recent weeks, but those storms were actually part of the problem.

To understand this year’s snow drought – and why conditions like this are a growing concern for western water supplies – let’s look at what a snow drought is and what happened when atmospheric river storms arrived in December.

#drought #SnowDrought

https://theconversation.com/the-western-us-is-in-a-snow-drought-heres-how-a-storm-made-it-worse-272549

Learn more about the U.S. Drought Monitor: https://drought.unl.edu/Education/Tutorials/Usdm.aspx

#droughtmonitor #drought #drought2026

How dry or wet are conditions in your area? Share reports to CMOR: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought

#droughtmonitor #drought #drought2026

Dryness or drought worsened in parts of the High Plains (with improvement in Wyoming), South and Southeast.

Conditions improved in much of the West, with areas of degradation in Washington and Utah. Hawaii and Puerto Rico also saw improvement. The Midwest and Northeast saw mixed conditions.

See more change maps: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMaps.aspx

#droughtmonitor #drought #drought2026

Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos

Mapa publicado: enero 8, 2026

#droughtmonitor #drought #drought2026 #espanol

US Drought Monitor 1-8-26

For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 37.57% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 35.9% last week.

#droughtmonitor #drought #drought2026

2026 is the UN #international_year_of_rangelands_and_pastoralists

https://iyrp.info/

#IYRP2026
#rangelands #pastoralists #pastoralism #nomadism #transhumance #landtenure
#flood #drought #landuseChange
#resilience #vulnerablePeople
#livestock #livestockHealth
#livelihood #herders #indigenouspeople

NOAA Study Finds Southern Plains 2020-2025 Drought Cost Ag $23 Billion

Drought in the Southern Plains during 2020-2025 caused an economic loss of more than $23 billion to agriculture in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Crop yields were low, and cattle herds were sold.

#drought #SouthernPlains #Texas #Oklahoma #Kansas

https://www.drought.gov/news/southern-plains-drought-assessment-2020-2025-2025-12-12

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Water levels in the reservoirs in the Summerland, B.C., area are the lowest they have been in decades, according to a district official, raising concerns about the local salmon population.

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#drought
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/summerland-drought-level-4-salmon-9.7035881