Alabama and Mississippi are completely free from drought for the first time in more than a year. A federal assessment released at the end of June showed rains eliminated a dry spell that began in April 2016, the last time …
A state official says North Carolina is free of drought or dry conditions for the first time in more than a year. Linwood Peele, acting chairman of the N.C. Drought Management Advisory Council, said May 25 that recent rainfall has …
Widespread rain is gradually relieving the Deep South’s ongoing drought, leaving only a handful of counties in Alabama and Georgia with extremely dry conditions, a new report shows. Rain drenched a large part of an area that has been abnormally …
Recent showers and storms have slightly eased the South’s severe drought, but experts say it wasn’t enough to make up for months of dry conditions before the rain finally fell. Nearly the entire region remains abnormally dry, and much more …
Storms roaring across the South appeared to be taking aim at some of the largest wildfires burning across the region, which could finally help firefighters in their efforts to subdue the blazes, authorities said Monday. The storm system passed over …
