 Drought continues to worsen in western South Dakota. In this week's update of the U.S. Drought Monitor for South Dakota, an area of severe drought has cropped up across the Black Hills of western Pennington and extreme northwest Custer County. Pennington County is nearly 12% in severe drought with almost 24% in moderate, 66% abnormally dry, and 33% in no drought. Custer County is almost 3% is in severe drought with