Drought Drought: Background information for journalists. (Drought) http://www.nsc.org/ehc/ew/disaster/drought.htm
USGS--Pacific Northwest Drought USGS--Pacific Northwest Drought: Status and information on daily streamflow in the Pacific Northwest States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Links to other resources. (Drought) http://wa.water.usgs.gov/news/drought/
National Drought Mitigation Center National Drought Mitigation Center: The National Drought Mitigation Center provides information to help people and institutions reduce vulnerability to drought, stressing prevention and risk management. (Drought) http://drought.unl.edu
North American Drought, a Paleo Perspective North American Drought, a Paleo Perspective: Highlights the importance of paleoclimate research in providing information about past droughts and natural variability. Includes maps that display droughts of the various centuries. (Drought) http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought/
Drought Comparisons Drought Comparisons: A comparison of a drought in a more economically developed area - Texas, and a drought in a less economically developed area - Sahel. (Drought) http://droughts.tripod.com/
Prairie drought of 2001 Prairie drought of 2001: CBC News reports on the drought of 2001 in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and other parts of Canada. (Drought) http://cbc.ca/national/news/drought/index.html
U.S. Drought Monitor U.S. Drought Monitor: Map of U.S. drought conditions, including long-range temperature and preciptation outlooks. (Drought) http://enso.unl.edu/monitor/monitor.html
NOAA's Drought Information Center NOAA's Drought Information Center: A collection of sites related to drought and climate conditions in the United States (and some individual states). It includes current reports, outlooks, and indices used for drought and moisture monitoring . (Drought) http://www.drought.noaa.gov/
Monitoring and Early Warning Monitoring and Early Warning: Maps providing monthly updated, distributed information on rainfall, actual evapotranspiration, radiation, drought and desertification indices, and crop yield forecasts for Africa and Europe, with methodology discussions. (Drought) http://www.earlywarning.nl/