The Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach areas have had one of their driest Aprils in state history. Farmers are taking the brunt of it.
The South Carolina Drought Response Committee met Thursday morning to discuss the state’s drought status, now severe. This month’s data shows that it will take months of above-average rainfall to return to normal, the committee said.
Committee member Lynn McEwen said that the current precipitation level is “not enough. It’s not near enough. And the public generally does not know that.”…