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Title: Expert: More than half of U.S. faces worst drought in decades | Virginia Tech
Post by: rcjordan on May 15, 2026, 11:00:00 PM

https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/05/drought-united-states-la-nina-expert.html

Title: Re: Expert: More than half of U.S. faces worst drought in decades | Virginia Tech
Post by: Brad on May 16, 2026, 07:07:03 AM

It will be a rough summer for the SE. I'm glad to be in the boring Midwest although our storms are getting more extreme.

Title: Re: Expert: More than half of U.S. faces worst drought in decades | Virginia Tech
Post by: ergophobe on May 18, 2026, 03:08:34 AM

And that doesn't even capture that California, which is not in drought, had a historically low snowpack (20% of normal in our watershed).

Title: Re: Expert: More than half of U.S. faces worst drought in decades | Virginia Tech
Post by: rcjordan on May 18, 2026, 03:15:14 AM

Coastal Carolinas currently running a 10-inch deficit (50%) according to NOAA Wilmington NC. Can confirm.

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