Georgia ended 2008 nearly out of drought, but officials say it's back. Rainfall in January and February has been abnormally light. Over the past 30 days, almost the entire state has received less than half of normal rainfall. 102 counties are in moderate drought and parts of northeast Georgia are mired in "severe" and "extreme" drought conditions. State climatologist David Stooksbury, says "This is just not the scenario we want to be seeing and could be really priming us for a major drought, particularly water resource issues, for this summer." Stooksbury's biggest concern is northeast Georgia reservoirs, particularly along the Savannah River Basin, which are already extremely low. The only exception to the drought is Georgia's extreme northwest corner. Meanwhile, meteorologists forecasts heavy rains for today and tomorrow.
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