"We’ve seen plenty of weekend rainfall across Massachusetts and New England since the start of meteorological spring, March 1, but the amount of precipitation has been nowhere near what the region needs to get out of this prolonged drought.
Massachusetts officials said Tuesday that the state continues to slip deeper into drought, prompting towns and cities to institute bans limiting water use across the Commonwealth.
The Drought Management Task Force noted that the excessively dry conditions have worsened in southeastern parts of the state as well as on Cape Cod and the islands, placing them now under a Level 2, “significant drought,” with the most of the state. The Boston metro area and northeast corner of the state remain in a more severe Level 3 or “critical drought” status.
Months of below-average rainfall have led to declining streamflows and groundwater levels. In fact, we’ve been dealing with the effects of long-term rainfall deficits across the state, stretching back nearly two years."
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| Boston Globe: "Drought conditions continue to worsen across Massachusetts" |
