Newslettercommons.wikimedia.org 'Flash droughts' are Midwest's next big climate threat Fast-moving droughts are developing more and more quickly as climate change pushes temperatures to new extremes.
Newsletter www.wired.com Think flash floods are bad? Buckle up for flash droughts A typical drought is a slow-motion catastrophe. But scientists are trying to figure out a phenomenon called a flash drought, which forms in as little as two weeks.