The heat and dry conditions intensified last week across the Southeast, especially in Georgia where most of the state is either abnormally dry, moderately dry or severely dry.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, all of North Georgia is at least abnormally dry. A pair of regions in the northeastern part of the state are moderately dry. The worst conditions are still located in the southeastern part of Georgia. Effingham, Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Long and McIntosh counties are severely dry.
Abnormally dry conditions are observed in North Alabama, from Lauderdale County to Cherokee County. There is also an area along the Alabama-Mississippi State line where Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Greene, Sumter and Choctaw counties are abnormally dry.
Various counties in North Florida are abnormally dry, starting as far west as Wakulla, Leon and Gasden counties and stretching eastward to Duval and Saint Johns counties along the Atlantic Coast.
Most of South Carolina is either abnormally dry or moderately dry, as is the central and eastern regions of North Carolina.