The Rochester area may finally get some real drought relief this week. Since June 1st, the region has had fewer than three inches of rain…5.5 inches less than normal. The entire Rochester region is listed as in severe drought, but the National Weather Service regional office in Buffalo says that could be about to change. […]
Nearly all of New York State from Syracuse west is now in severe drought according to the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor. That includes the entire Rochester area and most of the Southern Tier. The drought is deepening across the state. Most of the Northeast got little or no rain over the last week. The rain […]
United States Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to start the paperwork for a disaster declaration because of this summer’s drought. Schumer’s office says the New York Democrat has talked to USDA officials about helping Upstate New York farmers who suffer crop damage and losses because of the severe drought […]