Extreme drought expanded into parts of Los Angeles County as a dry start to the wet season continues in fire-prone Southern California, according to this week's U.S. Drought Monitor report. Extreme ...

A new U.S. Drought Monitor map shows large swaths of the country facing “extreme” to “exceptional” drought, with the most ...

There's a particular kind of dread that comes from looking at a map of the world and realizing it no longer looks quite like ...

Drought conditions in Iowa improved during the week of April 20 and are likely to continue improving amid recent rainfall. The U.S. Drought Monitor offers a state-by-state tracking of drought ...

Drought conditions across Iowa continued to ease as May approaches. That's in contrast to parts of the southeast, where worsening drought conditions are also fueling wildfires in states like Florida ...

The two images provided are a crucial tool for understanding the rapid changes in Central Texas' drought conditions. Both maps utilize a color-coded system to categorize drought intensity: Dry (D0): ...

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 ...

A dry fall has reduced soil moisture across Michigan and left an estimated 4 million Michigan residents in areas of drought or near-drought across the Lower Peninsula, according to the U.S. Drought ...