Meteorologists said the drought is a bad sign for the upcoming wildfire season, food prices and existing water issues.

With Virginia facing drought conditions recently, you may hear us reference the Drought Monitor more often. But what is it?

Worse than a normal drought cycle | Ranchers live on 'knife edge' For thousands of years, drought in Arizona has followed a familiar arc: Dry years stacked up, water supplies shrunk and snowpack ...

94% of North Carolina is in either a "severe" or "extreme" drought. Here are some things that typically happen when the ...

Major snowpack deficits could set the stage for widespread water scarcity and heightened wildfire risk across the American West this summer. Reading time 3 minutes The mountains of the western United ...

With water use restrictions now in place for the city of Raleigh and little rain in sight, the drought conditions across our ...

For the second time in the past two weeks, the U.S. Drought Monitor, a prominent national report, on Thursday classified 100% of California as being drought-free. That’s a rating that hasn’t occurred ...

New York officials announced Wednesday that 10 more New York counties were upgraded from a drought watch to a drought warning, and called on residents to reduce their water use whenever possible. A ...

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Temperature can mean the difference between four inches of rain and four feet of snow. That’s something the Tahoe region, and much of the west, has experienced this winter, ...

Almost 80% of Florida is under either extreme or exceptional drought conditions.