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24% of Missouri under ‘extreme drought’ conditions
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MISSOURI – More than 98% of Missouri is experiencing some level of drought, with nearly a quarter of the state under extreme drought conditions, according to the United States Drought Monitor.
Current drought conditions, dated July 4, show three states suffering widespread extreme drought: Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. Drought conditions are measured on a six-tiered scale: None, Abnormally Dry, Moderate Drought, Severe Drought, Extreme Drought, and Exceptional Drought.
Missouri is not experiencing exceptional drought at the moment, though parts of Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas are.
According to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the state’s Drought Assessment Committee is meeting July 25 “to further coordinate drought response actions.” Approximately five weeks ago, Governor Mike Parson declared a drought alert for 60 Missouri counties experiencing “moderate, severe, or extreme drought.” As of the July 4 Drought Monitor report, more than 100 Missouri counties fall under those conditions.
Courtesy: U.S. Drought Monitor and other sourcesCourtesy: U.S. Drought Monitor and Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation CenterCourtesy: U.S. Drought Monitor and Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center
Founded in 1999, the Drought Monitor is a collaborative effort by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s National Drought Mitigation Center, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. More than 425 scientific observers, ranging from meteorologists, climatologists, hydrologists, and agricultural scientists, among others, supply local and regional data used in crafting the weekly USDM map.
Since drought is considered a “slow-moving hazard,” the Drought Monitor is not a forecast tool, but rather a snapshot of conditions at a given time.
On March 14, approximately one week before spring, the Drought Monitor map showed 97.37% of Missouri drought-free. The day before summer, June 20, just 6.7% of the state reported no drought. Obviously, conditions become dryer as we move from spring to summer, but the ubiquity of drought in 2023 stands in sharp contrast to 2022, when 70.8% of Missouri was drought-free at the start of summer.
Several federal, state, and local agencies and other organizations rely on updates from the Drought Monitor. The USDA uses the information for disaster declarations, while the Internal Revenue Service uses the Drought Monitor for tax deferrals on forced livestock sales because of a drought.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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