June 11, 2021
A dry spring has led a committee to declare that six counties in northeast South Carolina are in the first level of drought. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee voted Wednesday to place Clarendon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and Williamsburg …
September 20, 2019
Many farmers in South Carolina say a growing drought is threatening to devastate their crops right at harvest time and officials said there are plenty of indications the dry weather will spread. A special committee that reviews drought in the …
December 6, 2016
South Carolina’s Upstate region remains in drought conditions despite rain in recent days. A new drought map issued by the state on Thursday finds Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties still in severe drought conditions. More than a dozen other counties …
June 24, 2016
People might not know it from the lush fields and full lakes in most of South Carolina, but drought is creeping into the northwest corner of the state. A June heat wave combined with weeks of dry weather has a …
September 18, 2015
Three-quarters of South Carolina’s counties have been designated primary natural disaster areas because of persistent drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture this month says 35 of the state’s 46 counties have the designation because of damages and losses caused by …
July 21, 2015
Modest rain and high temperatures this summer have pushed South Carolina into a drought. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee met last week and upgraded the drought status for the entire state. A release from the committee says that 28 …
June 22, 2015
Twenty-eight South Carolina counties are now in the first level of drought. The S.C. Drought Response Committee said June 19 that the counties are in the incipient level of drought. Places such as Florence, Manning and Hartsville have received less …