Committee To Discuss South Carolina Drought

A state panel will discuss if a hot and dry May and June have made the drought any worse in South Carolina. The state Drought Response Committee meets Monday morning to decide if the drought status should be upgraded.

By: | News Channel 7
Published: June 30, 2008

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COLUMBIA (AP) - A state panel will discuss if a hot and dry May and June have made the drought any worse in South Carolina.

The state Drought Response Committee meets Monday morning to decide if the drought status should be upgraded.

Currently the committee has 12 northern counties in a severe drought. Upgrading the drought to the highest category of extreme could lead to water restrictions.

Fourteen counties in the western part of the state are in a moderate drought, while the rest of South Carolina is in an incipient drought, the least severe category.

The National Weather Service says parts of the Upstate are as much as 20 inches below normal rainfall in the past 12 months, marking the driest period in more than 60 years.

Farmers are worried the dry weather will wipe out crops like corn, soybeans, peanuts and cotton.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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