PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 24, 2020
Parts of York and Cumberland counties are now experiencing extreme drought after months of dry weather and worsening conditions, according to the United States Drought Monitor. The state-by-state drought monitor maintained by the University of Nebraska says there are “extreme” drought conditions in more than half of York County and a small section of coastal Cumberland County, including Portland. One part of Aroostook County and a tiny sliver of Penobscot County were already in extreme drought. Most of the state is in “severe” drought, according to the drought monitor.