Moderate Drought Conditions Return (and Will Stick Around) in Northeast Texas

KETR | By Scott Morgan

Published October 24, 2017 at 3:08 PM CDT

U.S. Drought Monitor — Texas Drought conditions as of Oct. 23, 2017

Despite some weekend rainfall, drought conditions are back to moderate throughout much of Northeast Texas.

The Texas Water Development Board reports that drought conditions are now present in 21 counties in the northeast. The TWDB projects warm and dry conditions throughout much of Texas over the next three months.

Drought is expected to persist in the northeast.

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