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Topic: Drought

NOAA GOES West satellite imagery from January 4, 2023. Clouds are shown in white. An atmospheric river can be seen funneling moisture over the coast of Oregon, Washington and Northern California.

Special report: Atmospheric rivers improve drought conditions in the West

January 24, 2023

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atmospheric river

NOAA GOES West satellite imagery from January 4, 2023. Clouds are shown in white. An atmospheric river can be seen funneling moisture over the coast of Oregon, Washington and Northern California.

A person walks past a formerly sunken boat resting on a now-dry section of lakebed at Lake Mead on May 10, 2022.

Record drought gripped much of the U.S. in 2022

January 10, 2023

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Billion-Dollar Disasters

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A person walks past a formerly sunken boat resting on a now-dry section of lakebed at Lake Mead on May 10, 2022.

A person digs out after a record-breaking lake-effect snowstorm impacted the Hamburg, NY area on November 18, 2022.

December 8, 2022

December 7, 2022

U.S. hit with historic snowfall, late-season hurricane in November

monthly climate report

Aerial photo from October 2022 of low river levels around Tower Rock on the Mississippi River at Grand Tower, Ill.

Warm, dry October intensifies U.S. drought

November 8, 2022

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monthly climate report

Aerial photo from October 2022 of low river levels around Tower Rock on the Mississippi River at Grand Tower, Ill.

U.S. drought monitor map showing tribal boundaries.

New mapping feature offers tribal nations customized drought, climate data

November 3, 2022

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U.S. drought monitor map showing tribal boundaries.

Screenshot of U.S. drought monitor map.

Drought.gov launches new map feature for Tribal Nations

October 14, 2022

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Screenshot of U.S. drought monitor map.

Aerial imagery from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey of damage in the Times Square district of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., after Category 4 Hurricane Ian struck the area.

October 11, 2022

October 7, 2022

Ian is 15th billion-dollar disaster this year so far

Billion-Dollar Disasters

A house almost completely submerged by flood water off of the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway on July 29, 2022, in Breathitt County, Kentucky.

July 2022 was third hottest on record for the U.S.

August 8, 2022

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monthly climate report

A house almost completely submerged by flood water off of the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway on July 29, 2022, in Breathitt County, Kentucky.

Storm damage in Berlin Township, Ohio, from a derecho that moved through the region on June 13, 2022. This derecho is one of nine billion-dollar disasters to strike the U.S. so far in 2022.

June 2022: U.S. dominated by remarkable heat, dryness

July 11, 2022

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Billion-Dollar Disasters

monthly climate report

Storm damage in Berlin Township, Ohio, from a derecho that moved through the region on June 13, 2022. This derecho is one of nine billion-dollar disasters to strike the U.S. so far in 2022.

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Water Resources Development Act data acquisition

May 24, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

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