(Richmond, VA) -- Dry conditions are increasing in the commonwealth. Richard Stelling has more.Preview: Voicer Script:
The state Department of Environmental Quality is expanding the area covered by a drought warning issued earlier this year. The agency issued the warning for 12 counties last month, saying dry, hot conditions were quickly intensifying drought in those areas. The DEQ issued a notice on Friday that expanded the warning to 60 counties and cities in eight drought evaluation regions. A drought watch remains in effect in nearly three dozen counties and cities.