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Topic: Drought

Image showing map from NOAA's new National Water Prediction Service (NWPS), transforming how water resources information and services are delivered, and providing a greatly improved user experience through enhanced displays. National Water Prediction Service (NWPS) map showing River Gauge observations and forecasts and associated precipitation estimates for March 26, 2024. This map should not be used for decision making.

National Weather Service launches new website for water prediction and products

March 28, 2024

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Image showing map from NOAA's new National Water Prediction Service (NWPS), transforming how water resources information and services are delivered, and providing a greatly improved user experience through enhanced displays. National Water Prediction Service (NWPS) map showing River Gauge observations and forecasts and associated precipitation estimates for March 26, 2024. This map should not be used for decision making.

Photo of a vast landscape in Montana (2022). Credit: Getty images.

Spring Outlook: Warmer for most of U.S., wetter in the Southeast

March 21, 2024

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Photo of a vast landscape in Montana (2022). Credit: Getty images.

Straddling the equator, the Amazon River Basin occupies more than a third of South America. Rainfall is seasonal, shifting north of the equator in Northern Hemisphere summer and south of the equator in Northern Hemisphere winter.

What's causing the Amazon’s ongoing record drought?

February 8, 2024

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Straddling the equator, the Amazon River Basin occupies more than a third of South America. Rainfall is seasonal, shifting north of the equator in Northern Hemisphere summer and south of the equator in Northern Hemisphere winter.

October 4, 2023: An aerial view of the drought-hit harbor of Cacau Pirêra, where houses that normally float on the water are lying on the river bed in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil. October 2023 was the world’s — and South America’s — warmest October on record.

The planet just had its warmest October on record

November 15, 2023

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October 4, 2023: An aerial view of the drought-hit harbor of Cacau Pirêra, where houses that normally float on the water are lying on the river bed in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil. October 2023 was the world’s — and South America’s — warmest October on record.

October 9, 2023: An aerial view shows low water levels on the Mississippi River in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, revealing pipes that are typically underwater The low water levels caused barges and ships to run aground along parts of the Mississippi River in October and created saltwater intrusion concerns in southern Louisiana.

Mississippi River hit record-low levels in October

November 8, 2023

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October 9, 2023: An aerial view shows low water levels on the Mississippi River in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, revealing pipes that are typically underwater The low water levels caused barges and ships to run aground along parts of the Mississippi River in October and created saltwater intrusion concerns in southern Louisiana.

Photo of commercial fishing in Valdez, Alaska.

Biden-Harris Administration announces $20 million for regional fishery management councils as part of Investing in America agenda

October 25, 2023

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Inflation Reduction Act

ocean acidification

Photo of commercial fishing in Valdez, Alaska.

Photo of a school of red snapper.

Biden-Harris Administration announces $20 million to boost red snapper science in the Southeast as part of Investing in America agenda

October 25, 2023

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Inflation Reduction Act

recreational fishing

ocean acidification

Photo of a school of red snapper.

HUARINA, BOLIVIA – SEPTEMBER 29, 2023: An aerial view of a boat stuck in the dried lake bed of Lake Titicaca. The water level of Titicaca, the largest lake in South America, has been dropping drastically due to the unprecedented winter heat that hit the country. September 2023 was the warmest September on record for South America and the globe.

Topping the charts: September 2023 was Earth’s warmest September in 174-year record

October 13, 2023

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HUARINA, BOLIVIA – SEPTEMBER 29, 2023: An aerial view of a boat stuck in the dried lake bed of Lake Titicaca. The water level of Titicaca, the largest lake in South America, has been dropping drastically due to the unprecedented winter heat that hit the country. September 2023 was the warmest September on record for South America and the globe.

Image showing floodwater covers Highway 2 on March 23, 2019 near Sidney, Iowa. Midwest states are battling some of the worst flooding they have experienced in decades as rain and snow melt from the recent "bomb cyclone" has inundated rivers and streams. At least three deaths have been linked to the flooding.

Biden-Harris Administration invests $26 million to improve NOAA forecasts of droughts and floods through public-private partnership

October 11, 2023

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Image showing floodwater covers Highway 2 on March 23, 2019 near Sidney, Iowa. Midwest states are battling some of the worst flooding they have experienced in decades as rain and snow melt from the recent "bomb cyclone" has inundated rivers and streams. At least three deaths have been linked to the flooding.

he sun rises over Seattle, Washington.

May continued the nation’s warm start to 2023

June 8, 2023

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