Recent rainfall has helped alleviate the dry conditions in North Alabama and North Georgia, though various regions across the Southeast are still dry.
According to Thursday’s release of the U.S. Drought Monitor, only Morgan, Jefferson and Henry counties are abnormally dry in Alabama.
Most of the southern region of Georgia is either abnormally dry, moderately dry or severely dry. Dry conditions start along the Georgia-Alabama state line in Early, Clay and Quitman counties and stretches to the east coast to Screven County. The worst conditions are located in Effingham, Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh and Long counties.
The worst conditions in Florida are located in the southeastern region of the state. Parts of Osceola, Brevard, Indian River, Saint Lucie, Okeechobee, Martin, Glades and Highlands counties are moderately dry. Abnormally dry conditions also persist near the Florida Panhandle, starting in Franklin and Wakulla counties and stretching eastward to Union and Alachua counties.
The eastern region of South Carolina continues to experience dry conditions, as far west as Sumter and Lee counties. The eastern area of North Carolina is dry as well with multiple counties severely dry. These include New Hanover, Pender, Onslow, Duplin, Sampson, Bladen, Robeson, Cumberland, Wayne, Lenoir, Green, Pitt and Beaufort.