The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center predicts Illinois’ dry conditions will persist or get worse through September. Experts such as Cory Horton, county storm-water engineer, said governments and water users must cooperate.
“I think now is the time to plan, to prepare and to work together,” Horton said.
McHenry County, like about half of the state, is experiencing “moderate” drought by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration standards
….Much of McHenry County is between 50 percent and 75 percent of normal precipitation
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