As 2024 comes to an end, roughly 70% of the U.S. is experiencing some level of drought and dryness. What does that mean for ...

The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that the worst-affected areas include southwestern Texas, the Great Plains, western Arizona and the Northeast. On X, formerly Twitter, NOAA's National Integrated ...

The western US was already withering in severe drought when a heat wave struck last week. Temperatures reached 116 degrees Fahrenheit in Las Vegas, 115 in Phoenix, and over 110 for eight days ...

An NOAA report on Oct. 20 said "parts of the Western ... drought prompted a state of emergency in one southern British Columbia region, caused poor crop yields in the northeastern part of the ...

This U.S. Drought Monitor ... Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.) Across the region, generally dry conditions prevailed this week, especially in the western portion of the region, with little ...

now depicts only areas of "abnormally dry" to "moderate drought" across western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia, with "severe drought" remaining over eastern Ohio. This is a substantial ...