Lewis County Suffers from Extreme Drought

Lewis County has experienced very little rainfall the last several months, which has resulted in a devasting drought and sizzling heat wave throughout our community. In fact, just last week the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that Lewis County was the only county in the entire state of Tennessee that was 100% engulfed in “extreme” drought conditions.

This extreme weather is negatively impacting Lewis County in several different ways. First, it is affecting farmers, who are facing dry pastures, crops drying up, and difficulty getting adequate water to their livestock. Second, our community has ma...