BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 22, 2021
Summer has yet to arrive in Maine, but half the state is already experiencing abnormally dry conditions, triggering the activation of a drought task force by the Maine Emergency Management Agency and the US Geological Survey. The activation of the task force comes after observations from the U.S. Drought Monitor of abnormally dry conditions that are affecting land areas in 15 of the 16 counties and 55 percent of the state overall.