Moderate to severe drought continues
Published: Jul. 6, 2023 at 3:28 PM CDT
QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Ill. (KWQC) - The latest U.S. Drought Monitor was released Thursday morning, and it shows a little improvement across eastern Iowa and western Illinois, especially south of the immediate Quad Cities.
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The area of severe drought that covered areas like Burlington, Monmouth and Galesburg, has been eliminated and a moderate drought is now in place. This is after the derecho made its way through on June 29, 2023.
More rain is in the First Alert Forecast.
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