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Warm, dry October intensifies U.S. drought

Warm, dry October intensifies U.S. drought

Below-normal rainfall and above-average temperatures intensified drought conditions, broadening the geographic areas of drought across the U.S. in October 2022.

Those dry conditions were also felt along the Mississippi River, where some locations reported their lowest water levels in 10 years.

Here are more highlights from NOAA’s latest monthly U.S. climate report:

Climate by the numbers

October 2022

The average October temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 55.3 degrees F, ... Read more

Local food system to be created for underserved populations

By Kay Shipman

FarmWeek

Illinois will use $14.4 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding to buy locally produced food and distribute it to those in need, according to state officials.

The two-year progr ... Read more

Low water around Tower Rock

(KFVS) - A sign of a lack of rain in the Heartland is the low water around Tower Rock near Wittenberg, Missouri.

It’s located just across from Grand Tower.

Visitors to the landmark island in the Mississippi River can walk ... Read more

25-year-old man dies in Union County car crash

Weather Alert

...Black Ice and Roadway Refreezing Possible Overnight... As temperatures fall into the upper teens and 20s in the wake of a cold front, wet roadways may refreeze and form patches of black ice on area roadways overnight. Th ... Read more

SIU doctoral student researches fungus that sickens hibernating snakes

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Cold temperatures are the enemy of snakes – ectotherms that get their body heat from the environment. A Southern Illinois University Carbondale student, however, is trying to find out more about another deadly adversary awaiting them in the warmer crevices of the sandstone cliffs where they typically ride out the winter.

Adrian Macedo, a doctoral student from the small mountain community of Cobb in northern California, is looking into Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, a fungus that causes skin and tissue breakdown, ... Read more

With a highly-controlled shed, Mike Hatfield of Flyway Famil

Michael Hatfield grew up thinking he hated mushrooms. Little did he know, mushrooms would grow to play a large part in his life. Hatfield’s own love for mushrooms came out of a mushroom hunting trip with his friends where he tried a morel for the f ... Read more

Grand Tower, Ill. preps for flooding

GRAND TOWER, Ill. (KFVS) - All eyes are on rising Mississippi flood waters in the town of Grand Tower, Illinois.

With crests expected to rise this week, residents are rolling up their sleeves to help protect their homes.

You ... Read more

ICC: New 730 Area Code coming to Southern Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Commerce Commission, ICC, has announced a new area code is coming to Southern Illinois.

The ICC said in a news release that the new 730 area code will “overlay” the existing 618 area code to address the d ... Read more

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Mayor Pauly believes that all elected officials are servant leaders for the community they represent. As electeds, it is most important that we connect with our community, work to understand the values, goals and priorities of this special community, and reflect that in all the work that we do.