LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The same week that the Lake County Board of Supervisors once again extended a declaration of a local drought emergency, a new report is showing the impacts of drought across the nation.
The US Drought Monitor is produced in partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Its latest report shows conditions worsening around parts of the United States.
California, in particular, appears to be the state with the worst overall drought conditions, with about a third of the state in “exceptional drought” conditions, while “extreme” conditions are reported in 42 percent of the state and “severe” drought conditions exist in 21 percent of the state.
Lake County – and much of Northern California – is in the extreme drought category, based on the report.
Drought conditions are showing no sign of letting up any time soon around the region.
For the coming week, there's no expectation of rain in Lake County, with the National Weather Service forecasting highs in the 90s and 100s.
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