Overall Green Drought for Central-East USA, North-East Mexico-2025
in Mexico, United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 6 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1018093
Name: Central-East USA, North-East Mexico-2025
Countries: Mexico, United States
Start Date: End of Aug 2025
Duration: 164 days (at 10 Feb 2026)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 403885 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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La Conagua fortalece su respuesta a emergencias 4/15/2026 7:18:00 AM.

Tras los fenómenos naturales que han azotado al país y la identificación de dinámicas atípicas en el último año, la Comisión Nacional del Agua (Conagua) emprendió el fortalecimiento de su estructura interna y preparación para atender las em
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Los 5 estados donde más llueve en México: ranking actualizado 4/14/2026 7:07:00 PM.

Los presentan variaciones significativas año con año debido a fenómenos climáticos como «El Niño» o la llegada temprana de sistemas frontales. Según los registros más recientes de instituciones oficiales , la distribución de la precipitació
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Utah''s snowpack situation is a piece of a larger Western problem 4/14/2026 12:17:00 PM.

SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly 60% of Utah remains in severe or worse drought after the state''s snowpack peaked about a month prematurely at its lowest level since daily collection began in the 1980s. Its level on April 1 was the lowest seen sinc
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A summerlike heat wave will hit the East this week, worsening drought 4/14/2026 12:10:00 AM.

An early heat wave is headed for parts of the East this week, making it feel more like summer. Temperatures will rise into the 90s across the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, with 80-degree heat stretching from the Midwest to New England – excee
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),