Overall Green Drought for Central USA-2026 in Canada, United States from 11 Dec 2025 00:00 UTC to 04 Aug 2026 12:47 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for Central USA-2026

in Canada, United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 7 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID	DR 1018546
Name:	Central USA-2026
Countries:	Canada, United States
Start Date:	Middle of Dec 2025
Duration:	212 days (at 20 Jul 2026)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 441518 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Images reveal huge scale of damage in Washington state after devastati.. 8/4/2026 7:52:00 PM.

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Arson suspect arrested as fires rage in northwest US 8/4/2026 11:35:00 AM.

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Arson suspect arrested as fires rage in northwest US 8/4/2026 11:30:00 AM.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately ?starting one of three fires that have destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in the US state of Washington. The suspect, 37-year-old

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Arson suspect arrested as fires rage in northwest US 8/4/2026 11:26:00 AM.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately ?starting one of three fires that have destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in the US state of Washington. The suspect, 37-year-old

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