CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The latest U.S. Drought Monitor has “extreme” drought conditions creeping into the region including all of Nelson, Buckingham and Fluvanna counties and into extreme southern Albemarle, but so far the area reservoirs are holding on to their water levels.
The rest of the area along with all of the Commonwealth, except around Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, continue in “severe” drought which has been the case since late March and early April.
Agricultural interests are suffering as many of the summer crops that have just been planted need moisture they are not consistently getting…