Drought continues to spread across Mass., unabated

Post date: Sep 16, 2016 8:22:45 PM

By Dylan McGuinness and Olivia Quintana GLOBE CORRESPONDENTS SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Over half of Massachusetts is in the midst of an extreme drought, with the area in danger of major crop losses and water restrictions more than doubling since last week, the US Drought Monitor said Thursday.

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Water levels were visibly low at the Cambridge Reservoir in Lincoln.