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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is developing a framework for assessing drought in a changing ...
Virtually all of Utah is now in drought for the first time in nearly three years, and it stands out, nationally.
Over 42% of the state is experiencing “D2” or severe drought—up from 0% one year ago. It’s the first time since December 2022 ...
A "worst case scenario" of meteorological events contributed to the extreme flash flooding event that killed dozens of people ...
The latest drought monitor update from the USDA (US Department of Agriculture), NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
After floods left more than 80 dead in Texas, questions are emerging about how to provide better warnings in a region known ...
An above-average amount of rainfall in June helped eliminate drought from the entire state of Oklahoma for the first time in ...
The summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are now also targets of the strong high pressure ridge north of the state causing the ...
Nearly two-thirds of North Dakota is free of drought and abnormal dryness, according to U.S. Drought Monitor data released June 5. There were even signs of improvement in the far western part of ...
New Mexico will see both heat and flooding concerns in the coming days following last week’s rainfall, which brought slight improvements to the drought in the southern part of the state. Meteorologist ...