Just three months ago, Georgia was completely drought free, but dry conditions have been moving across parts of the state for the past few weeks, despite storms generated by hurricane Florence and Michael.
The latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor, which shows drought conditions measured on Tuesday, Oct. 23, was released Thursday. Currently, 33.21-percent of the state is considered either abnormally dry or in moderate drought.
In North Georgia, there are five counties that are classified as abnormally dry in their entirety: Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham, Lumpkin and White.
Most of Hall County is abnormally dry, except for a swath of land across the southeast border of the county.
Other counties in the region with some form of drought include Gilmer, Fannin, Union, Towns and Rabun counties in the mountains, as well as Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson and Stephens. A very small area of Banks County is considered abnormally dry.
Abnormally dry conditions are the lowest level of drought, according to information from the U.S. Drought Monitor. Typically, an area is classified as abnormally dry when it is moving into drought stage or emerging from drought. Right now, parts of Georgia are moving into drought.
