Some much-needed rain has lowered the threat of drought across the state.
The U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday that virtually all of 海角换妻 has exited the 鈥渟evere鈥� and 鈥渆xtreme鈥� drought categories.
Western portions of the state are now experiencing , while central and eastern 海角换妻 are experiencing dry to 鈥渕oderate鈥� drought conditions.
Meteorologist Garett Argianas said that鈥檚 an improvement.
"Which is good news, for sure. Of course we had the soaking rain -- a couple of soaking rain events last week along with that snow -- and, basically, what happened is that the drought intensity has improved," Argianas said. "So there鈥檚 still a drought, but it鈥檚 just not as severe as it was previously."
颁辞苍苍别肠迟颈肠耻迟鈥檚 beginning in June 2016 and ending in May of the following year. The most intense period occurred in mid-November 2016, when 鈥渆xtreme鈥� drought conditions affected nearly half of 颁辞苍苍别肠迟颈肠耻迟鈥檚 land.
