A strong area of mid-level high pressure, anchored over the southern tier of the country, continued to promote above-normal temperatures and mostly dry weather across the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and ...

Drought now covers more than 40% of the continental US, with the Great Plains hit hardest. Topsoil moisture in Texas, ...

Dryness in the Great Plains began spreading east this year, affecting much of the Midwest and endangering crops, livestock and river shipping. Recent rains have been a god-send, but will it be enough ...

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like a ton of relief is on the horizon.

Grazing fields could struggle this year without enough rain in the spring. That could hurt cattle herds in states like Nebraska and Kansas. "Ranchers don't want to be hauling water during the summer ...

Mark Mueller looks over a field he’s set aside to return to native wetland in order to better conserve and filter water. The fourth generation farmer in Bremer County, Iowa, is dealing with dry ...

In normally waterlogged Louisiana, the swamps are now so dry that they're catching fire. The Great Drought of 2023 is causing vast financial losses from wildfires and damage to crops and animals on ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A new study by scientists at Utah State University shows that a shrinking Great Salt Lake may exacerbate drought conditions along the entire Wasatch Front. "As the Great Salt Lake ...

Ryan Krenk, a farmer outside of Seward, Nebraska, and Jenny Rees, an extension educator with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, examine one of Krenk’s corn fields on July 11, 2023. Before the early ...