Extreme drought returns to Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thursday morning’s latest Drought Monitor update continues to expand and worsen our drought in Central Texas for the fifth week in a row. The latest update now puts the city of Austin in the "extreme" category. You can see there was a worsening of a full class change for a large portion of the Austin metro including parts of Gillespie and Burnet counties. First Warning: Cooler, wetter weather less than a week awayU.S. Drought Monitor Class ChangeA worsening droug