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TWO MONTHS AFTER FLOOD, PARTS OF WHITEWATER VALLEY OFFICIALLY IN DROUGHT

(Whitewater Valley)--It’s hard to imagine just a little more than two months of historic flooding, but parts of the Whitewater Valley are now officially in a drought.  A new U.S. Drought Monitor map was released Thursday by the federal government.  Parts of Randolph and Henry County are now classified as being in a moderate drought.  Nearly all of the rest of the Whitewater Valley is classified as abnormally dry.  Richmond has had only 1.8 inches of rain since fall began on September 22.