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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Nearly All Of The State Now In Drought

With temperatures possibly setting records and brushfires becoming a daily routine for fire companies, most of the state is now under a drought designation.

Eastern Shore has been designated as in a severe drought.

That's not all.

The only part of the state that is not now on the drought map as dry is the extreme western portion of Garrett County.

In just three months Maryland has gone from normal rainfall to almost entirely abnormally dry or in drought.

In fact the lower Eastern Shore from Queen Anne's County south is now in a severe drought.

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