Des Moines, IA- The US Drought monitor showed Thursday, that drought conditions in Iowa are deepening and expanding.
The Des Moines Register reports that moderate to extreme drought grew to cover about 40% of Iowa, up from 31% the previous week. Conditions worsened from moderate to severe in much of southern Iowa, and expanded in north-central and northwest Iowa.
Thunderstorms last weekend brought some rainfall to much of western and north-central Iowa, but southern and Northwestern Iowa saw little relief which according to Iowa State University agronomists are the areas that need rain the most.
