South Florida’s drought is on the way out

South Florida’s drought is on the way out

It’s been a dry year — most of the region has been in either severe or extreme drought conditions since early spring. But as of Monday, there’s only a small sliver of northeastern Palm Beach County that remained in moderate drought for the year to date. South Florida has benefited from a shift in the prevailing winds that allows thunderstorms to soak the east coast instead of the west coast of the state. “It is much less (of a dry area) than it …