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Over 2,000 Miles of Pacific Coastline Experiencing Drought
Over 2,000 Miles of Pacific Coastline Experiencing Drought
04 Aug 2019, 01:13 PM IST
(Bloomberg) -- It’s dry in the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia and Alaska. Very dry.
While drought has receded across much of the Canadian provinces from June, and overall conditions in the lower 48 U.S. states have skirted with 20-year lows over the past two months, conditions in Ketchikan, Alaska, have been termed “severe” and Aberdeen, Washington, “exceptional”.
NOTES: D0 - Abnormally dry, D1 - Moderate Drought, D2 - Severe Drought, D3 - Extreme Drought, D4 - Exceptional Drought
To contact the reporter on this story: Kevin Varley in Washington at kvarley@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Kristy Scheuble at kmckeaney@bloomberg.net, Vincent Del Giudice
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