After months, recent rainfall has entirely eliminated extreme drought conditions from South Florida.
Drought intensity is separated into five categories — abnormally dry, moderate drought, severe drought, extreme drought and exceptional drought.
In late August, parts of western Broward County and much of western Miami-Dade County, including swaths of the Florida Everglades, remained under extreme drought, according to Drought.gov.
Although the Everglades have seen some improvement, the region still largely remains under severe drought, along with "most of Broward and all of Miami-Dade Counties," according to the National Weather Service Forecast Office Miami-South Florida.
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Conditions in the rest of South Florida "remain
unchanged," but if a "drier weather pattern returns," drought could again worsen throughout the region.
Metro Palm Beach County, metro Collier County and Northeast Broward County are all under moderate drought, according to the NWS South Florida, with Western Glades County, Western Hendry County and Northern Collier County all abnormally dry.
Sarah Perkel is a South Florida Connect Reporter for the USA TODAY Network's Florida Connect team. You can get all of Florida’s best content directly in your inbox each weekday day by signing up for the free newsletter, Florida TODAY.
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