TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The Big Bend and South Georgia are still seeing ongoing impacts from the lack of rain during the past two months, from crops not being harvested to the heightened potential for wildfires.

The National Weather Service said that during the past two months, the area has been at least six inches below normal amounts of rainfall, and with us heading into a typically dry time of year, officials say the conditions have only worsened.

Kelly Godsey, a hydrologist with the NWS, said they’ve gotten reports from Decatur and Grady Counties about holding ponds going dry.

On top of that, he said some river levels have been low, but it’s not just about the lack of rain. The temperatures and humidity play a part in the dry conditions, and while he said the rain from the weeken

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