Six more Ohio counties have been declared a primary natural disaster area due to drought, with additional counties in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio eligible as contiguous counties.
The driest summer in more than a decade prompted an Ohio watershed district this summer to take the unprecedented step of limiting the use of water for oil and gas fracking.
In response to extremely dry conditions in various parts of the state, a Ban on Open Burning ordered last week by State Fire Marshal Kevin Reardon has been updated, extended and expanded to include additional counties.
