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"Every year, we are seeing record-breaking warming episodes, and that is a good precursor to these flash droughts," Zong-Liang Yang said.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — NorthWestern Energy is reducing the amount of water it releases from Hebgen Dam into the Madison River in southwestern Montana for nearly three weeks, starting Monday, in order to store additional water for use this summer.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Drought conditions have continued to worsen across south Louisiana. Baton Rouge recorded 5.64 inches of rain before rains this week, WBRZ-TV reported.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Russia’s war in Ukraine could mean changes for Ed Kessel’s farm along a quiet stretch of western North Dakota.

Lake Powell, the second-largest human-made reservoir in the US, has lost nearly 7% of its potential storage capacity since 1963, when Glen Canyon Dam was built, a new report shows.

U.S. government forecasters see a hot spring for much of the nation with drought in the West likely deepening

Drought-stricken California is facing another year of parched conditions and pleas for conservation as the winter comes to a close with little rain and snow

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Drought-stricken California is facing another year of parched conditions and pleas for conservation as the winter comes to a close with little of the hoped-for rain

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's urban water users and farmers who rely on supplies from state reservoirs will get less than planned this year as fears of a third consecutive dry year become reality, state officials announced Friday.

California's urban water users and farmers who rely on supplies from state reservoirs will get less than planned this year