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Fifty-one percent of Colorado is now free from all levels of drought and abnormally dry conditions.

Compared to a week prior, Lubbock County's conditions improved from moderate drought to abnormally dry for most of the county

CM YS Jagan Reviews AP Irrigation Projects May 28, 2021, 17:43 IST AMARAVATI: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held a review meeting on the progress of Polavaram works and other priority irrigation projects at camp office here on Friday.  Polavaram Project Explaining the progress of works of Polavaram project to the Chief Minister, the officials said 91 percent of spillway concrete works were completed and the remaining works will be done by June 15. They said 42 radial gates are erected and pending 6 gates will be completed soon and added that remaining 14 hydraulic cylinders will...

While western Colorado continues to suffer under extreme and exceptional drought conditions, the eastern part of the state continues to see substantial improvements.

Published Sunday, May 2, 2021 by Chris Sorensen One week after Colorado saw the first drought-free area in the state since mid-2020, drought worsened for part of the state according to the latest report from the National Drought Mitigation Center. The change came in northwest Colorado, where much of Rio Blanco County, and smaller areas in Moffat and Garfield counties slipped from extreme drought into exceptional conditions. Recent higher temperatures - occasionally reaching 80 degrees - along with little moisture over the past week, contributed to the decline. The area also saw red flag warni...