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Last Updated on August 29, 2024 5:01 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, the High Country continues to be classified in drought status.
A majority of Watauga, Ashe, and Avery continue in abnormally dry status again this week, the 6th in a row.
The weekly
Drought categories are based on streamflow, groundwater levels, the amount of water stored in reservoirs, soil moisture, the time of year, and other relevant factors for assessing the extent and severity of dry conditions.
D1 – Moderate Drought
- Graham
- Jackson
- Macon
- Swain
Total: 4
D0 – Abnormally Dry
- Ashe
- Avery
- Burke
- Caldwell
- Cherokee
- Clay
- Haywood
- Henderson
- McDowell
- Transylvania
- Watauga
- Wilkes
Total: 12