Seeing widespread drought in January is historically rare in the U.S., and yet, the latest data shows that nearly every state is currently experiencing abnormally dry or drought conditions. To make ...

January is supposed to bring snow days, not drought maps—but this winter, more than two-thirds of the United States is ...

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 many Californians, the most surprising part of a drought-free moment is how quickly it arrives: a single federal map update that, for once, shows no corner of the state labeled “abnormally dry” or ...

The U.S. Drought Monitor saw improvement in drought-related conditions across areas of the West, Plains, Midwest, South, Southeast, and the Northeast. Improvements continued in areas of eastern ...

Storms continued to pile on snowpack and fill California's water reservoirs over the past week, pulling even more of the state out of drought. Last week, a small sliver of extreme Northern California ...

Historic flooding impacted much of the Evergreen State in early December.

The dormant wheat crop in the Southern Plains received precipitation in mid-January, just after the US Department of ...

Texas agriculture producers experienced a reversal of fortune in recent months when it comes to rainfall, soil moisture and intensifying drought.

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 ...