The designation of 'exceptional' drought has returned to northeast Georgia, while the southeast portion of the state has now slipped into drought. A new report from the state’s climatologist says some scattered, strong thunderstorms during July brought only localized relief to areas. The ‘exceptional’ category--drought conditions seen only once in 50 to 100 years--is now in place for 16 northeast Georgia counties. ‘Extreme’ drought conditions still exist for 13 north Georgia counties. David Stooksbury is Georgia’s climatologist.
"What we can expect as the summer continues is at least continued slow dropping of water levels across the state, unless we have a series of tropical weather events".
Stooksbury says even the six counties of coastal Georgia are classified as ‘abnormally dry’.
"What we can expect as the summer continues is at least continued slow dropping of water levels across the state, unless we have a series of tropical weather events".
Stooksbury says even the six counties of coastal Georgia are classified as ‘abnormally dry’.
