N.C.Department of Environmental Quality: Moderate Drought Conditions Blanket Nearly Half the State
September 26, 2019
September 26, 2019
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 26 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release:
Forty-five counties in the western and central parts of the state are experiencing a moderate drought due to lack of adequate rainfall, according to Thursday's federal drought map.
Moderate drought is the first category of the four drought classifications. The four drought categories are moderate, severe, extreme and exceptional, ranging from le . . .
Forty-five counties in the western and central parts of the state are experiencing a moderate drought due to lack of adequate rainfall, according to Thursday's federal drought map.
Moderate drought is the first category of the four drought classifications. The four drought categories are moderate, severe, extreme and exceptional, ranging from le . . .