The Georgia Environmental Protection Division recently declared a drought. Agriculture officials have designated 146 counties in the state as natural disaster areas. Crews continue to fight two large and other small wildfires, and Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency in much of south Georgia.
Meanwhile, it rained in Atlanta this week, and we’ve got more rain in the forecast this weekend.
So what’s going on? Here are some maps and charts to help put things in context.
The entire state is experiencing drought conditions
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC)
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