Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 February 2006

Drought may linger through summer [Arkansas]
http://www.hsvvoice.com/news/2006/0201/News/007.html

High drought numbers create wildfire concerns [Florida]
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060201/NEWS01/602010437/1002/NEWS01

Alarm-stage drought for parts of Travis and Hays counties [Texas]
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/paper410/news/2006/02/02/StateLocal/AlarmStage.Drought.For.Parts.Of.Travis.And.Hays.Counties
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Drought exposes Benton County resort [Arkansas]
http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=4460480&nav=3HvE

Cruelty of last year’s drought could still be seen this spring [New York]
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060205/SPORTS/602050331/1003

Dividing the Platte [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/02/05/top_story/doc43e55823797af968259902.txt

Edwards aquifer drought conditions implemented [Texas]
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=155157

Huge grass fire sweeps into Yturria Ranch [Texas]
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_more.php?id=69148_0_10_0_C

Winter or no, drought alerts saturate Kansas
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/state/13827174.htm?source=rss&channel=kansas_state

Tapped out: Drought dries up Texas town
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11254168/from/RSS/

Drought may force animals into urban areas [Arizona]
http://www.kpho.com/Global/story.asp?S=4473971&nav=23Ku

Drought no stranger to the Highland Lakes [Texas]
http://www.highlandernews.com/articles/2006/02/09/news/02drought.txt

Plant aggravates fire dangers in desert [Arizona]
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/news/local/020806a4_supes

Panel: Drought May Bring Arizona Problems
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Weather/wireStory?id=1605353&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312&ad=true

Drought crisis deepens locally and across state [Texas]
http://www.theeagle.com/stories/021206/local_20060212003.php

Drought Conditions: Lack of rain expensive for area farmers [Texas]
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2006/02/12/local_news/news/news01.txt

Report: 2005 drought less severe than feared [Washington]
http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060211/NEWS06/60211034

Navajo Nation president issues drought warning
http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=4499753

Oklahoma’s Drought Impacting Home Foundations
http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=98792

Water use up sharply here Record drought, warmth blamed, could trigger emergency measures [Arkansas]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/azstar/20060211/lo_azstar/wateruseupsharplyhererecorddroughtwarmthblamedcouldtriggeremergencymeasures

Drought dampens crop yields [Illinois]
http://www.lincolncourier.com/story.asp?SID=397&SEC=8

Ideas, solutions discussed at drought summit [Texas]
http://www.txfb.org/TexasAgriculture/2006/021706/021706droughtsummit.htm

Drought Advisory Committee Increases Drought Designation for 12 Southwest Missouri Counties
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/13099/

Drought could have benefits [Arkansas]
http://www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060218/SPORTS/602180321/1006

Drought leaves southwestern Kansas parched
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/state/13899509.htm

Texas copes with drought
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0221/p02s01-usec.html

Drought Has Not Dried Up Mosquito Populations [Texas]
http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/ENTO/Feb2106a.htm

Drought Remains Number One Issue in Oklahoma
http://www.grainnet.com/info/articles.html?type=ec&ID=31326

Water authority to issue drought advisory [New Mexico]
http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=4541105

Local drought situation still serious [Texas]
http://www.heraldbanner.com/cnhi/heraldbanner/homepage/local_story_054021835.html?keyword=leadpicturestory

Dry winter portends a nasty season of pests, dust, drought and fire [New Mexico]
http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_4487245,00.html

Ozarks Drought Reveals Historic Treasure
http://www.kolr10.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=4861

Restrictions dropped for shipping round hay to Texas drought regions
http://www.navasotaexaminer.com/articles/2006/02/22/news/news21.txt

Blunt Calls for Vigilance in Tracking Continued Drought Throughout State [Missouri]
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/13196/

Mogollon Rim fire ban starts today [Arizona]
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0223forests23.html

Down ’n drought [Texas]
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/13967415.htm

Tri-Lakes Area in ‘severe drought’ [Missouri]
http://www.bransondailynews.com/story.php?storyID=385

Iowa, Nebraska Crews Fight Grass Fires
http://www.ketv.com/news/7510154/detail.html

Drought leads to warnings [Arizona]
http://www.newszap.com/articles/2006/02/28/az/north_valley/tpv03.txt

Drought Sends Hay Prices Skyrocketing [Missouri]
http://www.kolr10.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=4925