Drought Conditions Hit Kentucky

Temperatures topped 100 degrees across Kentucky on Thursday. Kentucky officials say drought conditions exist in three-fourths of the state, and the dry spell has become severe in parts of western Kentucky, where farmers are at risk of low yields or no crops at all. Thursday, the state climatologist's office put 24 western Kentucky counties in the severe drought category. Another 66 counties are in moderate to severe drought. That area stretches from portions of western Kentucky to the state's Appalachian region. Louisville sweltered in 103-degree heat, making it the hottest June day recorded in Kentucky's largest city. In eastern Kentucky, it was the hottest June day on record in Jackson, where it was 100. London set its own heat record for the month at 99 degrees.