Drought declarations removed for 3 counties.

Recent rainfall has resulted in the S.C. Drought Response Committee removing drought declarations for three S.C. counties while downgrading drought status for another 35.

The committee removed the drought declaration for Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties, according to a news release from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. The drought status remained at incipient in Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, York, Chester, Lancaster and Kershaw and improved from moderate to incipient in the remaining counties.

Incipient is the first level of drought, followed by moderate, severe and extreme.

"We went from excessive heat to excessive rain in some areas," said Hope Mizzell, S.C. state climatologist. " The eight-day rainfall totals were highly variable, ranging from only 1.34 inches at Fort Lawn to 16.46 inches in Bluffton."

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