This U.S. Drought Monitor continues to show improvement in drought-related conditions across multiple areas. The Midwest (Iowa and Minnesota), central and northern Plains (Kansas, Nebraska, Dakotas, ...

Seeing widespread drought in January is historically rare in the U.S., and yet, the latest data shows that nearly every state ...

It was a week with a lot of change noted in areas of dryness and drought across the U.S. Heavy to locally excessive rainfall engendered broad areas of improvement in much of the Southeast, the lower ...

ATLANTA — The nation’s drought picture has shifted sharply this week, with some regions seeing rare early-season rainfall and others slipping deeper into dryness, according to Richard Tinker, the ...

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 ...