(BIVN) – Drought conditions are expanding on the island of Hawaiʻi.
The U.S. Drought Monitor says warm temperatures and dry conditions continued across much of Hawaiʻi this week. “Drought and abnormal dryness were expanded on Maui, Oahu, Lanai, Molokai and the Big Island, while moderate drought was introduced on Kauai,” the Monitor wrote in a recent Pacific Drought Summary.
Much of Hawaiʻi island is now under D0 (Abnormally Dry) conditions, with areas of D1 (Moderate Drought) in South Kohala, Puna, and windward Kaʻū.
There are also a patches of D2 (Severe Drought) on the western slope of Maunakea and the windward side of South Point in Kaʻū, including part of Naʻalehu.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, under D2 conditions:
- Fire danger is high
- Pasture conditions are very dry/poor; cattle health is poor; protea, coffee bean, sugar cane crops struggle
- Reservoir levels are low; springs are dried up; mandatory water restrictions are implemented
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STORY SUMMARY
ISLAND OF HAWAIʻI - More areas are under Moderate or Severe Drought conditions on the Big Island, as warm temperatures and dry conditions continue.