 Throughout 2011, the drought was confined to the Deep South as the mid-south received flooding due to severe weather and tornadoes.However, the drought continued and intensified in the Deep South as Texas saw 2011 become its second-driest year on record, Oklahoma saw its fourth-driest, and Georgia saw its seventh-driest year on record.The winter of 2011–12 was one of the driest winters on record for the eastern and central United States.