{"id":19565,"date":"2021-03-19T15:58:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T22:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=19565"},"modified":"2021-03-19T14:39:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T21:39:15","slug":"forecast-for-spring-nasty-drought-worsens-for-much-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/forecast-for-spring-nasty-drought-worsens-for-much-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Forecast for Spring: Nasty Drought Worsens for Much of US"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Newsmax – March 19, 2021<\/p>\n

With nearly two-thirds of the United States abnormally dry or worse, the government\u2019s spring forecast offers little hope for relief, especially in the West where a devastating megadrought has taken root and worsened.<\/p>\n

Weather service and agriculture officials warned of possible water use cutbacks in California and the Southwest, increased wildfires, low levels in key reservoirs such has Lake Mead and Lake Powell and damage to wheat crops.<\/p>\n

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s official spring outlook Thursday sees an expanding drought with a drier than normal April, May and June for a large swath of the country from Louisiana to Oregon. including some areas hardest hit by the most severe drought. And nearly all of the continental United States is looking at warmer than normal spring, except for tiny parts of the Pacific Northwest and southeast Alaska, which makes drought worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are predicting prolonged and widespread drought,\u201d National Weather Service Deputy Director Mary Erickson said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely something we\u2019re watching and very concerned about.\u201d<\/p>\n

NOAA expects the spring drought to hit 74 million people.<\/p>\n

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