Less than 5 percent of Texas is now suffering from dry and moderate drought conditions thanks to recent rains.
Lingering areas of drought still exist near San Angelo, Wichita Falls and Crockett, according to the Texas Water Development Board’s (TWDB) latest Water Weekly report.
Only 4 percent of the state is in the abnormally dry and moderate drought categories. That’s down from 16 percent just one week ago and 48 percent a year ago.
Although rainfall helped tamper the drought, TWDB reports reservoir levels are up, but not as high as they were in July.