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Eastern Virginia grateful for rain but drought threats remain
In Virginia, weekend rain aided farmers on the Eastern Shore who had halted soybean planting due to a dry, hard ground. Yet forecasters warn the region needs much more rainfall to refill water tables as streams and wells run dry in parts of the state, signaling potential crop losses amid an early dry period.
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