News

Hancock in official drought area

by on

More in News:

by Geoff Fox

Washington County and most of Western Maryland, is in what US Drought Monitor is calling a D2 – severe drought conditions. Data is the most recent posting for Maryland on the site.

The last few weeks have been extremely hot and, minus a few stray showers, lacking substantial rainfall across the area.

High temperatures were forecasted to see triple digits on Monday and Tuesday and drop no lower than 86 through Sunday,…