More than a tenth of Ohio is now classified as in the highest levels of drought by the U.S. Drought Monitor. Severe drought touches Portage County.
Ohio's historic drought has worsened in southern counties, as exceptional levels of drought continue to spread. Meanwhile, severe drought conditions touch Portage County as abnormal dryness sweeps over Northeast Ohio for the second time this summer.CLEVELAND, Ohio - It’s going to take more than a little bit of rain to get Greater Cleveland and the rest of the state of Ohio out of lingering drought conditions that have reached historic levels in southern Ohio.
days of heavy rainfall would help solve the problem, but at this point, the soil is so dry that it would result in flash floods. Under severe drought, creeks dry up, crops suffer, soil is dry and cracked, trees lose their leaves and chances of fires increase. However, Wilson says that the “damage is done” when it comes to the effects of the drought on plants. The crops that are typically harvested during this time will be lost. Additionally, there is a chance that instead of leaves and plants becoming dormant for winter, they will instead burn out and die.But if drought starts to turn around now, there is still some hope for winter growth, such as hay.
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