All of North Texas is experiencing severe, extreme or exceptional drought conditions due to a combination of a mostly rain-free summer and sweltering...
The drought monitor has five classifications — abnormally dry, for areas that may soon be in drought or have just ended drought conditions, and four levels of drought: moderate, severe, extreme and excessive.
In extreme drought, soil has large cracks and soil moisture is very low. Crops also fail to germinate, which results in decreased yields. Farmers and ranchers require more feed and water, and livestock is sold in an extreme drought, the drought monitor said. Most of Dallas and Tarrant counties and Rockwall County are in extreme drought, along with about half the state.
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