California
Increasing evaporative demand is escalating summertime drought severity in California and the West, according to climate researchers.
Sept. 25, 2021
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows the California drought is expanding
March 5, 2020
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows almost half of California is either abnormally dry or in moderate drought.
Feb. 13, 2020
A year ago, some Californians thought this day would never come.
Feb. 23, 2017
Drought has long been the norm for California. But the state had a historically wet winter, and El Niño is threatening again.
Nov. 7, 2023
Californians are living through the most severe three-year drought in the last 1,200 years, according to a new study published this week in an American Geophysical Union journal.
Dec. 5, 2014
What was once a statewide drought this week became a Southern California drought.
Jan. 12, 2017
The Drought Monitor is largely unchanged, but some Southern California locations are ahead of seasonal norms for rainfall
Dec. 6, 2019
More than half of California is now under the most severe level of drought for the first time since the federal government began issuing regular drought reports in the late 1990s, according to new data released Thursday.
July 31, 2014
Should the current drought extend for another two or three years, most California cities and much of the state’s agriculture would be able to manage, but the toll on small rural communities dependent on well-water and on wetlands and wildlife could be extensive.
Aug. 19, 2015