GAINESVILLE, Ga. — The western United States has been experiencing the worst drought it has seen in decades. Also, the states of Mississippi and Kentucky have recently seen serious flooding.
The United States Drought Monitor classifies droughts in a particular part of the country by soil moisture, streamflow and precipitation levels. The USDA says determining a drought depends on historical weather patterns around the country like the Midwest or the East Coast. There are many regions across the United States that depend on rainfall for their agricultural production, a drought hurts the crop and livestock harvests.
Droughts also hurt the productivity. . .
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