Utah Gov. Spencer Cox posted a video to his Twitter Thursday, inviting all Utahns regardless of religious affiliation to join in a collective prayer for rain as the state’s extreme drought persists.
Cox said the few spring rains Utah’s experienced this year have not been enough to fill the state’s reservoirs or offset the low levels of moisture in the soil. Cox said, if the extremely dry conditions continue, so does the potential for deadly fires. In addition, the lack of water threatens “our crops, our livestock and wildlife, our food supply chains and, really, our way of life.”