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/ Parts of the Midwest and the High Plains are still in drought, with north-central North Dakota and western Colorado seeing the worst of it. Scientists say the May rains weren t enough to bail the regions out.
Even with recent rains across the region, scientists say expanses across the Midwest and High Plains remain in a long-haul drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor says conditions in parts of the Midwest range from abnormally dry to severe drought. The High Plains fare worse, with pockets of exceptional drought.
Recent rains can’t make up for soils that have been parched so thoroughly and for so long, said Adam Hartman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center and one of the authors of the May 27 drought monitor map.