Cooling centers open across Austin amid early heatwave

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Recreation centers and libraries around Austin are being used as cooling centers as triple-digit temperatures reach across Texas.
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said the city was planning its yearly press conference to remind residents about the dangers posed by high temperatures, but Mother Nature had other plans. Instead, the city held its heat awareness press conference Tuesday, May 15 -- two weeks ahead of schedule."We went from cool evenings… to record-breaking heat, liter