Northeast Drought Has Room to Get Worse

Farmer in Middletown Pa.: “Uncharted territory” going this many days without rain. Concerns about crops next year.
Drought monitor shows eastern Pennsylvania, where the report above was filmed, shows “moderate” to “severe” drought, extending into New Jersey, as well as points north in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine.
Other points in the country are harder hit – hearing from my son in Northwest Arkansas that his pond is lower than he’s ever seen it before.

In Connecticut, a “contained” fire still being watched as wind picks up. No rain in the forecast, with unseasonably warm weather continuing next week.

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