Southern drought relents but not over, despite recent rains
The rain has helped in the short term, though, and it also helped firefighters to rein in some the large wildfires burning in several southern states, Svoboda said. The two largest fires in the South, which both began in the north Georgia mountains, are both 95 percent contained, national fire managers reported. The third-largest wildfire — the blaze in Great Smoky Mountains National Park blamed for 14 deaths when its flames and embers rode high winds into the Gatlinburg, Tennessee area Nov. 28 ... Читать дальше...
