The maps show a widely recognized indicator known as the Palmer Drought Severity Index.

该地图展现了公认的指标—帕尔默干旱强度指数。

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The drought in north China is getting worse. officials changed the warning color from blue to yellow which alarms advancement in drought severity.

中国北方旱情日益严峻 官方已经把旱情预警级别从蓝色提升到了黄色。

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The difference does not lie in the severity of the drought.

区别不在于干旱的严重性。

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And here is another way to look at drought severity in the US for June going back over 100 years (higher numbers wetter, negative numbers are more drought), again from the NOAA. 2012 is utterly unremarkable.

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Preliminary data computed from the Palmer Drought Severity Index shows that 54.6 percent of the contiguous 48 states was in drought at the end of June, the highest percentage since December 1956, and the sixth-highest peak percentage on record.

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