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End-Of-Year Rains Move Every Part Of Alabama Securely Out Of Drought

| January 5, 2019 @ 5:00 am

By Michael Sznajderman and Dennis Washington

What a difference one year makes.

A year ago this week, more than four-fifths of the state was at least abnormally dry, with more than a quarter of Alabama in a moderate drought.

But those dry conditions are history, especially following a very wet November and December.

As Alabama begins the new year, no portion of the state is dry, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. But a rain-soaked year’s-end may make you think that 2018 was wetter than it truly was.

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