Washington drought no longer ‘extreme’

From the Capital Press

The drought is losing its grip on Washington, with the “extreme” conditions that reigned over most of the state last summer now completely gone, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday.

A week earlier, one-third of Washington was in extreme drought, the second-worst drought classification. The area, all or parts of 20 counties east of the Cascades, was downgraded to “severe drought.”

For the first time since the last week of April, a majority of the state, 52 percent, is not suffering any level of drought. Read the rest of the story here.