Conditions have improved in Western North Carolina over the last week. From ncdrought.org
After several weeks of increasingly dry conditions, Western North Carolina has finally seen some much-needed rain, taking the whole region out of drought conditions and into a “moderately dry state.”
While the drought has left the region, counties in the eastern part of North Carolina are still in a moderate drought.
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