The lack of rainfall in recent weeks has led to drought conditions worsening across the Southeast. This is according to the latest release of the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Most of Florida is experiencing some level of drought conditions. The Panhandle and Northeast Florida are abnormally dry, starting as far west as Okaloosa County and stretching eastward to Nassau, Duval and Saint Johns counties. Moderate and severe drought cover most of the rest of the state, though extreme drought is observed in some areas, including Sumter, Lake and Marion counties and nearby Volusia County in central Florida, and in Hendry, Broward, Palm Beach and Collier counties in southern Florida.
Most of the counties in South Georgia and East Georgia are abnormally dry, though moderate conditions are seen in Wayne, Appling, Toombs, Tattnall, Long, Liberty, Evans, Bulloch, Bryan, Chatham and Effingham counties. Dry conditions in southern Georgia extend as far north as Crisp, Wilcox and Dodge counties.
All of Northeast Georgia is either abnormally dry or moderately dry.
Most of Alabama has sufficient moisture. The southeast corner of the state is abnormally dry, including Houston, Geneva, Covington, Coffee, Dale and Henry counties. Also, Washington, Choctaw, Sumter and Marengo counties, located in the southwest part of the state, are abnormally dry.