The StaffJust when South Florida thought it was safe to crank up the sprinklers and linger in the shower, water managers Thursday warned that lack of rain is hitting historic proportions.
A day after federal meteorologists raised hopes with a forecast for a wetter-than-normal summer, South Florida water managers announced that this year’s November-to-May dry season so far ranks as the worst on record.
South Florida averaged less than 5 inches of rain since November, about 30 percent of normal and a deficit of almost 10 inches going into the last month of the dry season.
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