U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials say drought conditions will likely improve in the Missouri River Basin.
Water levels are currently below the base of flood control, which is the ideal level during the beginning of runoff season, officials said.
John Remus, chief of Missouri River Basin water management division at the Corps of Engineers, said water levels should steadily increase throughout the summer and into the fall if rain persists.
Although the drought is improving with more rainfall, it takes longer to get over the effects of the drought.
"I don't think the drought is completely over and the effects of drought take longer take longer to get over than say the the effects of a flood sometimes as droughts. As soil moisture increases run off increases so and so forth. It just takes more time. So the the drought is improved, but the the impacts of the drought kind of lag behind that a little bit," Remus said.
He expects drought conditions and the impacts of drought to continue to look better in the future.