Severe drought is gone from North Carolina and moderate drought barely holding on after an extraordinarily rainy first half of January. Accordin.
Heavy rains last week banished all but a spot of severe drought from the mountain region, with more relief likely to be reflected in next week’s droug.
Most of North Carolina has seen very little rain since August, with 7.5 million of the state’s 10.5 million residents now living with drought conditions.
Dry conditions that have parched much of North Carolina this fall are threatening to propel more of the state into severe drought, though rainfall on the horizon for next week