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The South Carolina Drought Response Committee on Sept. 18 recognized 31 of the state’s 46 counties as being in moderate drought. Valdosta Daily Times (Ga.), Sept. 18, 2019 The South Carolina Drought Response Committee removed the drought declaration for a number of counties, including Georgetown, Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester, Colleton, Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton. Thirty-five counties remained in incipient drought. The committee will meet again in August. Orangeburg Times and Democrat (S.C.), July 12, 2019 The S.C. Drought Response Committee met on June 13 and designated all but three counties as being in incipient drought. The three counties that are free of drought were Oconee, Pickens and Anderson. Orangeburg Times and Democrat (S.C.), June 13, 2019 The South Carolina Drought Response Committee upgraded the drought status of all counties in the state. Eleven counties in the northwest entered incipient drought, affecting Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, York, Lancaster and Kershaw counties. The majority of the counties were recognized as being in moderate drought. Despite recent rainfall, irreversible damage to agriculture has already occurred. Some farmers were feeding hay to their livestock and were considering baling drought-stressed corn for cattle feed. The fire threat was elevated, water demand was at a record high in some areas and streamflows were unusually low. Department of Natural Resources (Columbia, S.C.), June 6, 2019 The S.C. Drought Response Committee recognized 15 counties in the southern part of the state as being in incipient drought. The affected counties are Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Edgefield, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, Orangeburg, and Williamsburg. The public was urged to be very cautious if burning materials outdoors. Charleston Post & Courier (S.C.), May 15, 2019