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(AP) - This summer's drought has receded in southern
Minnesota because of heavy rains that brought flooding to some
areas.

      An updated map issued Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows
that abnormally dry conditions are over across roughly the southern
fourth of the state.

      But most of the rest of Minnesota remains abnormally dry or
worse. Three pockets of extreme drought remain little-changed in
west-central, east-central and northeastern Minnesota.

      Twenty-four percent of the state is now free of drought
conditions, an improvement from 13 percent last week. Besides the
southern tier of the state, the drought has also missed a couple
pockets of the Red River Valley.
      

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An updated map issued Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that abnormally dry conditions are over across roughly the southern
fourth of the state.


Drought recedes in southern Minnesota

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