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Drought Monitor Update — Thursday Septe,ber 3, 2026

North Carolina's drought conditions deteriorated this week after an earlier period of improvement, with no counties showing gains and four worsening. Franklin and Pitt counties moved from Moderate Drought to Severe Drought, while Bertie and Hertford counties declined from Abnormally Dry conditions.

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Four counties slipped backward this week. Franklin and Pitt dropped from Moderate to Severe Drought, while Bertie and Hertford fell back into Abnormally Dry after a few weeks of holding steady. North Carolina's drought improvement just stopped cold. Nothing got better. We were supposed to be past this.

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