Nearly 150 million Americans are impacted by the ongoing drought, according to the US Drought Monitor. Its map released at the end of October showed more than 54 percent of the contiguous US is in ...

With wildfires burning after its driest September and October ever, New Jersey will issue a drought warning, a step that ...

Thursday the latest Drought Monitor was released and it confirmed what many of us already know — the drought is getting worse. For the last two weeks, the entire region was classified as ...

The longest Maryland statewide burn ban was in 2006 lasting from March 31st to April 24th - Facts collected from the Maryland ...

Last Thursday, the state issued a drought watch, urging residents and businesses to voluntarily conserve water after three months of below-average rainfall accompanied by above-average ...

Dry wells. Dwindling reservoirs. Parched ground. Forest fires. The American West has gotten awfully familiar with drought in the 21st century. And it wouldn’t be the same without the heat.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - As the ongoing drought persists, the situation at Cheney Lake continues to decline. The reservoir is now 8.49 feet below normal and almost down to 55% full. How much water ...

The heavy precipitation has closed schools and frustrated commuters, but it has also been a boon for ski resorts, dry soils ...

FDNY crews in Brooklyn's Prospect Park were monitoring for hot spots after putting out a brush fire that consumed ...

Drought conditions ramped up in the state in the past week. The weekly report from the U.S. Drought Monitor, released each Thursday (and shown at the top of this post), indicates worsening ...

CLEAR SKY, WE’RE GOING TO SEE THOSE CHILLY TEMPERATURES. WE NEED SOME RAIN THOUGH. THE NEW DROUGHT MONITOR OUT FOR THIS WEEK AND WE STILL HAVE MODERATE DROUGHT FROM CONCORD BACK TOWARDS THE COAST.