Most of Kentucky free from drought
Rains over the past two weeks have eased drought conditions in Kentucky, with only a few western counties now in the abnormal or moderate drought category. According to data from the U.S. Drought Monitor published on September 1, 96.25 percent of the state is without drought, more than 95.68 percent last week. The area considered abnormally dry, or D0 on a scale of D0 to D4, rose slightly to 3.07 percent last week from 2.70 percent in the last report. But actually there is good news because the temperate area (D1) changed from 1.42% to 0.68%, and the severe drought area (D2) increased from 0.21% to zero. In the Jackson business zone, all seven districts or parts of seven districts are unusual, while most McCrakan and small parts of Pard, Carlosla and Tomb are considered moderate. An American drought monitor of the National Center for Drown Detection at the University of Nebraska-Linclin, the United States, is produced by a joint venture between the Ministry of Agriculture and the ...