SC Drought Latest

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The area of South Carolina experiencing unusually dry conditions is rapidly increasing, now including parts of the state that received over a foot of rain less than two months ago from Hurricane Matthew.

The U.S. Drought Monitor map released this week shows three-quarters of South Carolina is unusually dry _ all but the northeast corner of South Carolina.

Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties are almost all in the worst level of exceptional drought.