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Aside from parts of northern Alabama, weather in the Southeast this week was mostly dry. Temperatures in the region were mostly within 4 degrees of normal, with warmer-than-normal temperatures being most common in Alabama and Virginia. As short-term precipitation deficits grew this week and streamflow lessened, abnormal dryness grew in coverage in northeast Alabama, northern Georgia and parts of the Carolinas and Virginia. A separate area of degradation occurred in central to southern portions of the Florida Peninsula, where short-term moderate drought developed and abnormal dryness expanded amid dry recent weather, high evaporative demand and locally decreasing streamflow. Officials in Brevard County, Florida, noted several recent brush fires and expressed concern for more as short-term dryness and drought continued.
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