More than a dozen counties in Georgia are considered to be under a “severe” drought. The drought has also intensified in Hall and all or parts of surrounding counties, which are considered “moderately” dry. That compares to “abnormally” dry a week ago.
The “severe” classification from the updated U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) covers Twiggs County and parts of a handful of surrounding counties in central Georgia. A few metro Atlanta counties are included as well.
Half of the state is now considered to be in at least a “moderate” drought.
Only all or parts of ten counties in southeast Georgia remain drought-free, according to the report.
You can see just how each county in the state is affected by clicking here: Georgia | U.S. Drought Monitor (unl.edu)
So far the level of Lake Lanier doesn’t seem to be suffering from the drought. Thursday morning it stood at 1070.5, down from 1070.7 last Thursday.
(Georgia News Network contributed to this report.)