Extreme drought conditions expanded in North Carolina this week, affecting 10 counties instead of 8 as dry conditions worsened in the northern Piedmont and eastern regions. Brunswick and Greene counties were newly classified at the highest drought level, joining eight other counties already at that designation.
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Extreme drought jumped from eight counties to ten this week, with Brunswick and Greene newly pushed to the highest stress level. The dry line is moving into the northern Piedmont and creeping east. We are not getting the rainfall we need, and the monitor does not lie about what that means for wells, streams, and the land itself. Watch this one.
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