Page 4 - Drought Condition News Today

Up to my waist. the last rain that the farmer here said he had last decent rain, was three months ago, april 14th. the government, the agriculture department says the corn crop nationwide is in its worse shape since 1988, the devastating drought that year. and the government also says 56% of the lower 48 states are in drought condition. it is a difficult, tough, tough year for farmers, already prices for corn on the futures market has shot up 35% in the last three weeks alone. its a price that w...

Alive. >> it means that i have had to sell part of our capital assets to stay in business. and i dont like to do that. but its either that or watch the animals die. it hurts everybody in this area with less beef. beef prices are going to be higher. >> it turns out this is the driest oklahoma has been since the state began keeping records in 1921. and the government says now 58% of the country is in a drought condition. thats the most in 12 years. >> jamie: well, eric weve been telling everybody ...

Reports 56% of the continental united states is in drought condition. the widest area in its 12-year history. most of that due to the scorching heat wave hitting much of the country. people desperate for relief heading into the weekend. lets see if we get some. fox meteorologist rick reichmuth out here. >> not just yet. we have got to get through the weekend and then we have some relief going. still some brutal conditions out there. right now it feels like 108 in chicago. 6:30 at night there so ...

Truck struck the for rest and jumped containment lines. firefighters in both states, obviously, hoping for a break. cooler temperatures in the forecast would help. meteorologist maria mow lina is in the weather. >> and places across the southwest area weve been seeing, basically, severe to extreme drought across parts of arizona and the same for the state of new mexico and colorado and utah and it means its dry out here. youve got a lot of dry brush in place, when the wildfire started it helps t...

these beaches had been closed for people to get into the water, and we talked to a life guard just the other day about the strong rip currents that they are concerned about. take a listen. so i see the white caps out there. is that safe for a person to get into the water? >> no. it is not. the thing is with closing water completely, you let somebody knee deep they want to get waist deep. you let them waist deep they want to go in. >> reporter: what is a rip current? >> its a channel of...

interest in her disappearance. im going to talk with holly hughes here in just a minute, a criminal defense attorney. but first im joined on the phone by pierce county sheriff spokesperson ed troyer who has new information for us. what do you know, mr. troyer? >> well, at 12:15 this afternoon there was report of a fire. a social worker was bringing the kids for a visit with josh from foster care network and she dropped them off as she of before. within this particular occasion he loc...

>> good to see you. have a great day. from studio 7, im fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. lets get you up to date for this wednesday, september 7th. in texas, more wildfires break out as the state battles its worst fire season on record. at last count, 22 new fires are burning. those and dozens more have scorched 120,000 acres in the last week. and across the state, four people have died and more than 700 homes have burned. for many people who have evacuated, there is heartb...

>> were going through a slow opening of the spillway so that the water is making its way downstream. like you touched on the drought condition. so a lot of the overgrowth in the spillway since we last operated it. but other than that, we think that -- i lost it on that one, sorry. >> a busy man. easy to lose your thoughts when youre juggling so many balls. bust best of luck in the days ahead. it is just stunning to see water in places where theres not been water for years. where is it all going ...

the state making a decision to open the spillway and release water into some communities, burying homes in those communities to protect communities like baton rouge, new orleans, one of the extraordinary measures this state is taking. the stakes are enormous. governor jindal saying $300 million alone in crop damage, tens of millions in other property damage. there are a dozen oil refineries in flood zone. there are chemical factories, homes and businesses as well. listen to governor ji...

This morning, with heat exhaustion, portions of the country are waking up to the start of the summers fourth heat wave this morning. while theres relief in sight for some areas by the end of the week, the effects of this years dry, scorching conditions will be with us for weeks and months to come. nbcs chris clackum has details. >> the dry lake beds confirm what federal forecasters say. nearly 60% of the country is in some stage of drought condition. >> the heat has been a big factor. the lack o...