Office of Water Prediction (OWP) makes critical flood forecasts with the National Water Model. Despite improvements over time ...

The US West is in a snow drought, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). Snow-covered area across the western United States was 34 percent of ave ...

Climate change and water exploitation has intensified the frequency, duration, and severity of drought events while accelerating soil and substrate ...

Water powers our lives. It feeds our crops, keeps factories running, generates electricity, and fills our taps. But until now, no one had a clear, national picture of how much water we're using—and ...

After much of Washington state saw historic flooding near the end of 2025, weather observers may be wondering how that affected drought conditions. “Did record rainfall end Washington’s drought?” the ...

PHOENIX — Officials in drought-stricken Arizona are moving to regulate groundwater use on the state's western edge, where wells have been running dry. The new rules allow for a management plan formed ...

RABAT, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Morocco's seven-year drought has come to an end after abundant rainfall this winter, Water Minister Nizar Baraka said on Monday. Rainfall levels so far this winter are up 95% ...

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 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 ...