By Clint Thompson
The lack of rain in recent weeks has led to drought conditions worsening across the Southeast, according to the Sept. 11 release of the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Abnormally dry conditions in Alabama start in the southwest part of the state in Mobile and Baldwin counties and expand northward to Colbert and Lauderdale counties. Severe and moderate drought are seen in the central part of the state in Marengo, Sumter, Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa, Perry, Dallas and Wilcox counties.
Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone and Madison counties in North Alabama are abnormally dry as well, as are Lee, Tallapoosa and Chambers counties in eastern Alabama.
Southwest Georgia is abnormally dry, starting in Seminole and Early counties, and stretching eastward to Bacon, Ware, Coffee, Clinch and Echols counties and as far north as Lee and Worth counties. Central Georgia is abnormally dry as well, specifically in the western part of the state. It starts as far south as Chattahoochee and Marion counties and stretches northward to Bartow, Cherokee and Pickens counties.
North Florida is experiencing abnormally dry conditions, starting as far west as Walton and Holmes counties and stretching eastward to Columbia and Alachua counties. Southeast Florida remains mostly dry with moderate conditions observed in the eastern regions of Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin counties.