Western Drought to Worsen in 2022, NOAA says
For parched areas of the western United States, spring is unlikely to offer relief. Instead, historic "megadrought" conditions will probably worsen, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced in its annual spring outlook. As the Washington Post reports, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center — part of the National Weather Service (NWS) — is also forecasting above-average temperatures for most of the U.S. from the Desert Southwest to the East Coast […]