Climate Central: Drought expanded in two key areas of the country last week -- Florida and West Texas -- where several weeks of low rainfall have allowed already dry conditions to intensify, according to an update to the U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday.
While much of the East Coast has seen heavy precipitation over the past two weeks, very little of that has extended into the Florida peninsula. According to the Drought Monitor, "abnormal dryness' pushed into all of southern Florida, while conditions of...