N.J. drought worsens again, with several counties now in a rare ‘extreme’ drought

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N.J. drought worsens again, with several counties now in a rare ‘extreme’ drought
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Extreme droughts occur in New Jersey only once every 20 to 50 years, according to the state climatologist.

The latest national drought status map, released Nov. 7, shows three New Jersey counties now experiencing an “extreme” drought and most other counties in the Garden State experiencing a "severe" drought .looks even worse than it had looked during recent weeks, with three counties now experiencing a rare “extreme” drought and most other counties in a

The latest map, released Thursday morning, shows extreme drought conditions have hit almost all of Atlantic County and most of Burlington and Ocean counties, along with tiny portions of Camden and Cumberland counties. The drought situation has been triggered by more than two months of very little rain falling in New Jersey.

This large dry area of the Manasquan Reservoir, seen on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, is normally covered by water.State officials said if the dry conditions persist, the drought watch may be elevated to a more serious drought warning or rare drought emergency. But they did not put a timetable on when that might happen.

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