EVERETT — The state Department of Ecology issued a drought emergency declaration on Thursday for 19 counties, including parts of Snohomish County.

Everett and the lower southwest portion of Snohomish County are still under a drought advisory, but Everett Public Works released a statement on Thursday that the current outlook for the city’s water supply is good.

The state declared a drought emergency on April 8 for the Yakima Basin watersheds and a drought advisory for the Puget Sound and parts of the Central and North Cascades. But in a press release on June 5, the state said conditions have “deteriorated due to early and rapid snowmelt, combined with unusually dry April and May weather.”

The new emergency declaration covers all of Whatcom and Skagit counties, and portions of Snohomi

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