file photo by Boyd Loving
By Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on April 08, 2017 at 7:45 AM
Just a few months ago, New Jersey was struggling with its worst drought conditions in more than a decade.
Now, thanks to a persistent weather pattern that brought more snow than usual in March and a series of drenching rain storms the past two weeks, the Garden State’s drought woes are steadily washing away.
The NJ drought warnings lifted 4/12/17 for 12 of 14 counties. https://www.nj.gov/dep/newsrel/2017/17_0032.htm
map: https://www.njdrought.org/regions.html