‘Flash droughts’ are Midwest’s next big climate threat
Grist
MAY 16, 2022
The top images show the impact of a flash drought in Oklahoma in 2012, compared to the same area two years later in the bottom row. Drought Monitor using data on soil moisture, streamflow, and precipitation to categorize droughts by their severity. In 2012, a flash drought struck the Central U.S. Jeffrey Basara.
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