Drought intensifies, threatening crops and groundwater supplies

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 25, 2020

Parts of York and Cumberland counties are now experiencing extreme drought conditions after months of unusually warm and dry weather, according to an update posted Thursday by the United States Drought Monitor. The drought is now threatening fall crops and causing record-low river levels and scattered reports of dry wells. And, with no major rainstorms expected soon, the drought is fueling concerns about groundwater supplies falling through the winter.