All State's Counties Now in Drought

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources convened the S.C. Drought Response Committee on Feb. 19 in Columbia. Nine counties were maintained at the extreme level. Recent dry conditions prompted the Drought Response Committee to upgrade the drought declaration for 16 counties along the coast and Pee Dee region from no drought status to incipient: Chesterfield, Marlboro, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Horry, Williamsburg, Georgetown, Berkeley, Dorchester, Charleston, Colleton,
Beaufort, Hampton and Jasper.

For more information about drought and to see a drought status by
county map, visit the Office of State Climatology drought Web site at:
www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/Drought/drought_current_info.php.