Drought expanded and intensified again this week, with degradation in the Southeast and in parts of the High Plains and West.

[denisegutzmer@mindly.social]

Drought expanded and intensified again this week, with degradation in the Southeast and in parts of the High Plains and West. It eased in parts of the South, Midwest, and Northeast. Drought covers 62.78% of the contiguous US, a jump of 1.75 points.

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