New Hampshire has been dealing with drought conditions for several months, but it’s not the first time critically dry conditions have gripped the state.The Great Lakeport Fire of 1903 was enhanced by an incredibly dry spring. The fire, which started at a boiler house at a wood mill and sent sparks into the air, spread quickly on gusty winds, as some embers traveled four miles. WATCH: Storm Watch 9: Tracking Severe Storms specialWithin just a few hours, more than 100 homes were destroyed, along with two churches, two mills and a lumberyard in Lakeport.After the hurricane of 1938 knocked down one out of every three trees in New England, there was a lot of dead, dry wood in the forests of New Hampshire. That, coupled with a drought, led to many large wildfires in the 1940s.In the early 1990s, another drought arose before Hurricane Bob helped end it in late August 1991. The state was in an extreme drought in 2016 and also last summer and fall. The lingering effects of the most
NH flooding history: Floods in 1996, 2005, 2006 caused damage
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How serious droughts have historically affected New Hampshire, and what could happen next
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