The latest #Drought Monitor shows significant improvement in drought conditions across several states. Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, and Alabama have seen reductions in drought coverage, with some areas now drought-free. However, the heavy rain has led to pockets of flooding in some regions. The update also indicates a small area of minor drought in extreme north Georgia and the addition of a portion of the eastern slope of the Sierra into Nevada to the 'abnormally dry' category.
A portion of the state on the eastern slope of the Sierra into Nevada was added to the "abnormally dry" category in this week's drought update. Locally, we remain drought-free.| #CAwx https://t.co/AA682M8Nhr
14" of rain since Dec 1st. This week's #drought monitor is almost all clear for both states. #cltwx #ncwx #scwx #wcnc https://t.co/T17FzGgHJD
NEW DROUGHT MONITOR: As expected, there is a huge improvement in the drought monitor for Alabama released today. 33 percent of the state remains in drought conditions, down from 63 percent last week. And, all of the D3 (extreme) and D4 (exceptional) drought conditions have been… https://t.co/YRWSjZYXNp
New Drought Monitor indicates no drought for SC, with a small area of minor drought across extreme north GA. https://t.co/D46aA78DUB
Milestone Made! This week's @DroughtCenter shows no exceptional drought in Louisiana for the first time since last summer! Unfortunately, the rain did lead to pockets of flooding last week #lawx https://t.co/HCkR71a5yb
More improvements with the drought update. Areas east of Austin are drought-free now with the 6 to 12 inches of rain we had last week. #TexasDrought #FOX7Austin #atxwx #txwx #drought https://t.co/TT6BwU01Xn
Louisiana out of exceptional drought. D3-D4 drought cut by 2/3rds in the south region. https://t.co/gWYS3xSCgA
Steady erosion, improvement over the past several weeks, per the just-released #Drought Monitor. More relief (though may be "too much of a good thing") in the South this weekend. https://t.co/0icUNgnuXo