flash drought
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flash drought
First recorded in 2005–10
Example Sentences
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"The metrics can be used by early warning systems to incorporate rates of change in flash drought characteristics in risk assessment and disaster preparedness."
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
Wisconsin is in a flash drought, says Steve Vavrus, the state’s interim climatologist.
From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2023
This week, the deadly combination of flash drought and an off-shore hurricane — both increasingly common conditions as global temperatures rise — produced a catastrophic fire that destroyed the historic city of Lahaina.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023
In 2017, a flash drought in Montana and the Dakotas damaged crops and grasses that served as forage for cattle, causing US$2.6 billion in agricultural losses.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2022
Experts say the oak decline was triggered by the year of record rainfall that waterlogged the Washington region from 2018 to 2019, immediately followed by a flash drought in the hot, dry summer of 2019.
From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2021
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