Palm Beach County has recorded less than a half-inch of rain so far this year, which puts it more than three inches below the average.

The dozens of cow and goat carcasses scattered around Maria Katanga's family compound testify to the grinding impact of an ...

The US West is in a snow drought, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). Snow-covered area across the western United States was 34 percent of ave ...

Climate change and water exploitation has intensified the frequency, duration, and severity of drought events while accelerating soil and substrate ...

Dalhousie researchers have revealed how Arctic aquifers—permeable layers of the ground that store and transmit water to rivers, lakes and terrestrial ecosystems—behave today and how these vital ...

After much of Washington state saw historic flooding near the end of 2025, weather observers may be wondering how that affected drought conditions. “Did record rainfall end Washington’s drought?” the ...

PHOENIX — Officials in drought-stricken Arizona are moving to regulate groundwater use on the state's western edge, where wells have been running dry. The new rules allow for a management plan formed ...

Dead trees, killed by the drought, line a mountain road in the Sequoia National Forest in this photo from November 2016. (U.S. Forest Service) It’s a rare site to see the U.S. Drought Monitor Map show ...

For the first time in a quarter-century, no part of California was considered dry or in drought, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor assessment released Thursday. The historic shift was first ...