Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought, but low groundwater levels remain a persistent problem, U.S. Drought Monitor data showed. The latest survey found that moderate or severe drought covers about 49% …
As the U.S. West heads into the hot, dry summer months, a growing number of indications point to a potentially bad wildfire season. In the past two months, two analyses have emerged from fire weather experts using words like “intense,” …
Last month was the hottest December in Texas since at least 1889, state Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said. Gammon found that temperatures from Dallas through Abilene to Del Rio averaged 5 to 9 degrees above normal, according to a Texas A&M …
Worsening dry conditions affecting Virginia have prompted Governor Ralph Northam to place the state under a drought watch. The watch issued Friday advises residents, local governments and businesses to use less water. It is meant to get people ready in …
Many farmers in South Carolina say a growing drought is threatening to devastate their crops right at harvest time and officials said there are plenty of indications the dry weather will spread. A special committee that reviews drought in the …
The Southeastern United States is mostly free of drought, but a new federal assessment shows conditions are worsening slightly in Georgia and Alabama. A new map released last week by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows about one-third of Georgia is …
Drought conditions across much of Maine may have contributed to the large numbers of trees that toppled during a storm that walloped the Northeast this week, officials said. The storm cut power to nearly 1.5 million homes and businesses in …
Drought conditions are getting worse in several states, and extreme heat and weeks with little rain have begun to stress corn, soybeans, wheat and livestock in some areas. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor recently released by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln …
New England is drought free. That’s according to the latest weekly report issued by the U.S. Drought Monitor. While conditions in about a quarter of the state of Connecticut remain “abnormally dry,” no portion of the six-state region is considered …
Widespread rain is gradually relieving the Deep South’s ongoing drought, leaving only a handful of counties in Alabama and Georgia with extremely dry conditions, a new report shows. Rain drenched a large part of an area that has been abnormally …
