The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that most of the region experienced slight decreases in drought and dry conditions this week due to rain over the last seven days. However, a lack of rain in Florida and southeastern Georgia has led to expansions of drought there. Most notable is the expansion of extreme (D3) drought along the west coast of the Florida Peninsula under mostly dry conditions. Rain in the next week is expected to reduce drought conditions in those areas. There was no change in Puerto Rico’s drought status this week.

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