Southern drought creeping northward
By JOHN RABY – 7 hours ago
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The drought that has plagued the Deep South for more
than a year is creeping northward, and officials in multiple states are
restricting outdoor burning in the face of water shortages and forest fire
risks from falling leaves and tinder-dry conditions.
Extreme drought conditions, the second-worst possible, have now spread into
Kentucky, and severe conditions have returned to West Virginia and southwest
Virginia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. ...........