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Intense summer rains damage crops and harm local businesses
Months of above average rainfall has resulted in crop loss and shrinking revenue for local farmers.
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Days of rain not enough to relieve local drought
A wet winter is needed to make up the deficit of rainfall, which remains at less than half the seasonal average.
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As region enters ‘exceptional drought,’ rain loss may be ‘unrecoverable’
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded Athens County to its most severe drought category, as the area bakes under extreme heat.
