Tropical depression Beryl will continue to drench parts of Georgia today before it moves out to sea. The storm’s heavy rain has brought some relief to parts of the state that have been suffering from a drought.
The southeastern part of the state, including areas like Brunswick, Jessup, and St. Simon’s, will benefit from Beryl’s rain, at least in the short term. But state climatologist Bill Murphey says the southwest and central parts of the state are still in need of precipitation. Murphey says it’s possible that some of those areas could still benefit from Beryl as it leaves Georgia:
“Hopefully, some of the eastern parts of the state that were in ‘exceptional drought,’ like specifically the Augusta area, hopefully, they’ll get some beneficial rainfall as the system starts moving to the northeast, you know, up the coast,” he says.
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