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Parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are in the midst of exceptional drought — the most extreme category on the national scale.
‘We haven’t really experienced this for many, many years,’ says Acadia University professor
A map made by the Canadian Drought Monitor shows the intensity of the drought. (Canadian Drought Monitor)
A professor from Acadia University is receiving calls about the drought in Nova Scotia.
Ian Spooner says he recently heard from a homeowner in the Annapolis Valley who said their well had run dry for the first time.
“They’re having to bring in bottled water,” Spooner said. “And their question was, will this ever recover?”
That homeowner is not alone. Farmers are harvesting withered crops, municipalities are mandating water conservation, and many people are dealing with dry wells.
Parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are experiencing what is called exceptional drought — the most extreme category on the national scale.
According to the latest data from the Canadian Drought Monitor, which includes information as of Sept. 30, southwest Nova Scotia and southeast New Brunswick are experiencing a one-in-50-year drought.
“We don’t usually look at one-in-50-year events, or the exceptional drought category, very lightly,” said Trevor Hadwen, a specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, adding that the last time similar conditions were observed in Nova Scotia was in the 1960s.
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