ATLANTA (AP)- What to do when the rain won't come? If you're Governor Perdue, you pray.

Perdue spokesman Bert Brantley says that the governor will host a prayer service on Tuesday to ask for relief from the drought gripping the Southeast.

Perdue's office has sent out invitations to leaders from several faiths for the service.

Perdue has several times mentioned the need for prayer -- along with water conservation -- as the state's drought crisis has worsened.

Over the summer, he participated in day of prayer for agriculture at a gathering of the Georgia Farm Bureau in Macon.

The Southeast has been suffering from an epic drought in recent
months that have left its lakes parched.

Georgia has been locked in a battle with Alabama and Florida
over how much water should be sent downstream from the state's
dwindling reservoirs.