Avery County has exited drought conditions entirely this week, becoming the first High Country county to achieve drought-free status. Burke, Mitchell, and Rutherford counties also moved to drought-free classification, bringing North Carolina's total to 17 counties with no drought designation.
Recap by left917 · read the full story at the source
Avery County is out. First in the High Country to shed drought status entirely, moving from abnormally dry to free in a single week. Burke, Mitchell, and Rutherford followed suit, pushing North Carolina's drought-free counties to seventeen. The creeks are running again. This is what recovery looks like when the rain actually shows up.
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