The U.S. Drought Monitor says New York’s unnaturally dry summer has eased in the eastern part of the state along the borders with the New England states. But nearly everything west of Syracuse and the entire Rochester area remain in either “severe” or “extreme” drought. Despite some rain south of Rochester last week, the […]
We’ve had some rain and lawns have greened up and started growing again, but the U.S. Drought Monitor says the entire Rochester region is still in drought conditions. A band of “extreme drought” still exists south of the Thruway from Seneca County across the entire region through Erie County. The rest of the area is […]
The latest report from the government Drought Monitor shows dry conditions are deepening across Upstate New York. The report says wells in Genesee County were going dry or reporting reduced water levels over the last week. It shows a wide belt of land along the Thruway from the Syracuse to the Buffalo areas now in […]