Flash drought grips Mid-Atlantic states

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A flash drought is gripping the Mid-Atlantic, fueled by weeks of hot, dry weather and minimal rainfall. Learn about the causes, impacts, and what residents can do.

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00:00It's caused by a lack of

00:03by sunny and hot conditio

00:05occurs in the summer mont

00:07evaporation of water is t

00:11drought is the rapid onse

00:13of drought. Several weeks

00:16rainfall has led to one i

00:19The intense summer sun an

00:21has accelerated the dryin

00:24shrubs and trees. The eff

00:27range from low stream flo

00:30and streams to dry top so

00:33can turn brown or go dorm

00:36of days. Some communities

00:39restrictions to help redu

00:42drought. Listen to your l

00:44they do enact any water r

00:47it's just something you g

00:49out. These flash droughts

00:52can go quickly, especiall

00:56across the region over a

00:59to a longer term drought,

01:01seeing, you know, out wes

01:04in California recent year

01:07amounts of rain to get ri

01:10ahead, while the forecast

01:12weather, showers and thun

01:15expected, which will ulti

01:18not too much we can do. I

01:19we kind of have to wait o

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