{"id":639643,"date":"2026-05-13T01:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/639643\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T01:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:24:09","slug":"drought-emergency-now-covers-12-of-oregons-36-counties-after-3rd-declaration-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/639643\/","title":{"rendered":"Drought emergency now covers 12 of Oregon\u2019s 36 counties after 3rd declaration this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALEM, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 Governor Tina Kotek has declared drought emergencies in three Oregon counties.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE | <a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/pine-mountain-fire-100-contained-crews-shift-to-patrol-and-hazard-mitigation-central-oregon-wildfire-season-deschutes-national-forest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pine Mountain Fire 100% contained, crews shift to patrol and hazard mitigation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through Executive Order 26-08, the governor has directed state agencies to coordinate and prioritize assistance in Coos, Klamath, and Wheeler counties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn total, 12 of Oregon\u2019s 36 counties are now under drought emergency status,\u201d the Governor\u2019s office said. \u201cAccording to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Coos, Klamath and Wheeler Counties are experiencing moderate and severe drought conditions, with extreme drought conditions present in parts of Wheeler County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the third drought declaration that has been issued this year.<\/p>\n<p>WEATHER | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katu.com\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Latest Storm Tracker 2 Forecast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrought conditions are expected to significantly affect Oregon\u2019s farms, ranches, recreation and tourism sectors, drinking water availability, fish and wildlife habitats, and other natural resource-dependent activities,\u201d the Governor\u2019s office said. \u201cExtreme dryness will likely shorten the growing season, decrease water supplies, and increase wildfire risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The declaration allows certain emergency tools to be available for affected communities including assistance for local water users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALEM, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 Governor Tina Kotek has declared drought emergencies in three Oregon counties. READ MORE |&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-639643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}