Worst Start to Wildfire Season Raises Alarm as El Niño Threatens May 12, 2026 By Joe Wertz Record-breaking heat and drought have fueled the world’s worst ever start to a wildfire year, as climate change and a...
Wheat Crops Wither, Herds Thin as Spring Drought Deepens May 5, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal, Erin Ailworth and Ilena Peng Farmers across the Great Plains are confronting an intense drought that threatens winter wheat harvests and is pushing cattle producers...
Water to Surge into Drought-Depleted Lake Powell But at Costs Elsewhere April 27, 2026 By Mead Gruver and Dorany Pineda Canyons in eastern Utah will churn this spring with huge volumes of water—as much as 50,000 toilets flushing constantly at...
Record Drought Sparks Worries About Fires, Water Supply and Food Prices April 22, 2026 By Seth Borenstein Drought in the contiguous United States has reached record levels for this time of year, weather data shows. Meteorologists said...
South Texas Cities Racing to Drill Wells Amid Historic Drought Crisis April 17, 2026 By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune As a historic drought in South Texas deepens, parched cities along the coastal bend are following Corpus Christi’s playbook and...
Wildfires Race Across US as Drought Spans Half the Nation April 10, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal An unusually hot, snowless winter has fueled a fast start to the spring fire season across large swaths of the...
Record Low Colorado Mountain Snow Doesn’t Bode Well for Drought-Stricken West April 7, 2026 By Mead Gruver and Brittany Peterson Hydrologist Maureen Gutsch trudged through the mud and slush to confirm a grim picture: Colorado just had its worst snowpack...
California Drought, Wildfire Risks Grow as Snow Falls Short April 2, 2026 By Brian K. Sullivan California is heading into its dry season with just a fraction of the snow it typically has across its highest...
After a Decade of Missteps, Corpus Christi Careens Toward Water Catastrophe March 16, 2026 By Dylan Baddour The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off the flow of jet fuel to Texas...
Record March Heat to Scorch Los Angeles, US Southwest March 11, 2026 An unusually early heat wave is set to grip Los Angeles and much of the Southwest, putting California’s already fragile...