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The 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought was a severe to extreme ongoing drought plaguing the US South, including parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, as well as large parts of Mexico. The worst effects have been in Texas, where near-record drought has parched the state since January 2011. Texas suffered an estimated $7.62 billion in crop and livestock losses, surpassing its record loss of $4.1 billion in 2006. In Texas, combined with the rest of the South, at least $10 billion in agricultural losses were recorded in 2011. In 2010-11, Texas experienced its driest August–July (12-month) period on record. The 2011 drought was the worst one-year drought in Texas since 1895. The U.S. Drought Monitor reports that Lubbock, Texas has experienced the nation’s worst average level of drought since the beginning of 2011. McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville and Corpus Christi also ranked among the nine U.S. cities most affected by extreme drought.〔(Texas Water Report: Going Deeper for the Solution ) Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Retrieved 2/11/14.〕 ==Effects== The drought has caused severe lack of water in the southern plains and Rocky Mountains as well as numerous wildfires, in particular the 2011 Texas wildfires, the Wallow Fire and Horseshoe 2 Fire in Arizona, the Whitewater-Baldy Complex Fire and Little Bear Fire in New Mexico, and the 2012 Colorado wildfires in Colorado. Mexico also saw serious impact from the drought which decimated crops, killed over a million cattle, and stressed local water and food supplies. The drought has been described as the worst seen in the country in 70 years. By the end of August 2011, a ban on outdoor burning was in effect for 251 of the 254 Texas counties. Lake levels in Texas have declined vastly, some by as much as 50 feet; E.V. Spence Reservoir is now only 1% full. This has revealed various previously submerged items, ranging from a Native American's skull to a Space Shuttle Columbia tank. On August 30, several homes in Oklahoma City were destroyed along with 1,500 wooded acres. Hundreds of homes had to be evacuated. The drought has had a detrimental effect on Texas and Oklahoma cattle ranches, who have deeply culled their herds and helped cut the national cattle population to the lowest level in decades.〔(Where's the Beef? Less of It in Texas ) February 11, 2012 WSJ〕 2012 spring rainfall improved conditions in many parts of Texas and by April 12, 2012 only 14% of the state was in "exceptional" drought, compared to 88% at the drought's peak. In spring and summer of 2012, the drought expanded and formed the 2012 North American drought, affecting more than 80% of the contiguous United States.〔(Drought expands throughout USA ) April 14, 2012 USA TODAY〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010–13 Southern United States and Mexico drought」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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