{"id":4441,"date":"2012-01-12T09:27:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T15:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=4441"},"modified":"2012-01-13T10:32:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T16:32:55","slug":"0-5-percent-of-texas-is-no-longer-in-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/01\/12\/0-5-percent-of-texas-is-no-longer-in-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Half a Percent of Texas is No Longer in Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Map by U.S. Drought Monitor<\/p>

Drought Monitor Map<\/p><\/div>\n

The drought in the South has taken an enormous toll on the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and New Mexico. In Texas alone, the state has lost billions of dollars and counting. The drought<\/a>\u00a0has affected many parts of everyday life: burgers<\/a>,\u00a0peanut butter<\/a>, even Christmas trees<\/a> were hurt.<\/p>\n

Well, those rains this week across much of the region\u00a0<\/a>have done some good. The latest drought numbers were released<\/a>\u00a0Thursday, and we can say that half a percent of Texas is no longer in drought.<\/p>\n

Where is that land of normalcy, you ask? They’re those specks of white on the map to the the right. Along the Red River at the Northeast border between Texas and Oklahoma, and also in parts of Wise and Denton counties, some Texans are actually living drought-free.<\/p>\n

And there’s other drought progress:<\/p>\n