China News Agency, New York, August 18 (Reporter Wang Fan) The monitoring map released by the National Drought Relief Center of the United States on the 18th shows that many states in the northeastern United States are experiencing severe drought.
In response to water shortages, parts of New York State have begun restricting water use.
According to the monitoring map of the National Drought Relief Center, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine have all experienced "severe drought" areas, and some areas have even experienced "extreme drought".
Compared to the previous week, drought conditions in the northeastern United States are getting worse.
NBC said the drought conditions facing New York state are getting worse due to a lack of rain.
Parts of Brooklyn, New York City, were classified as "severe drought" last week, the first time the city has experienced such conditions in two decades.
About 36 percent of Brooklyn is now in "severe drought" or worse, according to the National Weather Service, nearly double the percentage from a week ago.
In addition, places such as the South Shore of Long Island in New York have also reached the level of "severe drought" this week.
According to the report, due to the severe drought, Rockland County, New York State, in response to water shortages, has declared a "Phase 2 Water Emergency" on the 18th, implementing mandatory water restrictions, including only allowing lawns to be watered on designated dates, non- It is necessary not to wash streets with water, prohibit restaurants from actively providing drinking water to customers, and prohibit the use of non-recyclable flowing water fountains or artificial waterfalls.
New York Governor Cathy Hochuer also encouraged the state's residents to conserve water.
"The New York Times" said that although the drought in New York has not yet reached the alert state, the proportion of water storage in the state's many reservoirs is significantly lower than in previous years.
In New York City, for example, the city's reservoirs should have reached more than 89% of their capacity, but this year they are only about 80% of their capacity.
Due to insufficient precipitation, lawns and trees have dried up in some areas.
The National Weather Service meteorologist James Connolly analyzed that so far this month, New York's Central Park has received less than 20 mm of precipitation, about 38 mm below the average of the past three decades.
This summer, overall precipitation in the northeastern United States has been lower than usual.
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