{"id":6541,"date":"2012-02-21T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:19:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:19:56","slug":"worldwide-drought-as-of-february-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/02\/21\/worldwide-drought-as-of-february-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Worldwide Drought as of February 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>The UCL Department of Space and Climate Physics maintains a database of worldwide drought conditions. This map of the drought-stricken areas around the world shows drought affecting more than 194 million people.<\/p>\n The darkest red on the map indicates exceptional drought and the light yellow shows where the minor drought is.<\/p>\n Texas,<\/a> northern Mexico, and the surrounding states show up dark red, as does the southeastern United States<\/a>. Both areas are still under drought restrictions, even though Texas, for example, has been getting floods recently.<\/p>\n China has been undertaking massive water diversion projects<\/a> for quite some time and will likely continue in the face of such a drought in its southern areas.<\/p>\n The red and orange spots on the map look so small, and yet they comprise vast land areas.<\/p>\n