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The National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln helps people everywhere reduce vulnerability to drought.
Dec 9, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
U.S. #Drought Monitor 12-9-21: For the seventh consecutive week, drought coverage across the Lower 48 increased. It's now at 55.5%, up from 53.4% last week.

Across all 50 states and Puerto Rico, drought covers 46.5% of the area, up from 44.8% Image of U.S. Drought Monitor, showing drought coverage acro This week's USDM change map shows drought coverage increased or intensified across much of the South and Southeast.

Warm and dry conditions have prevailed in parts of the South for months, and parts of the Southeast have experienced below-normal 30- to 90-day precip totals.