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Road salt can often wash into nearby wetlands and ponds and hurt freshwater wildlife, but some animals appear to be adapting.

Rising levels of sodium and chloride can harm all species, and threaten humans. Part 2 of a series.

As we approach the cold, beautiful winter here in Western New York, I was taken aback as a transplant to the area to find out that salt was still being used on

Forty-four percent of the U.S. will be at risk of some degree of flooding between March and May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

The area of California that is drought-free jumped up from 26.84 to 44.66 percent over the course of the last week alone.

Experts are warning the public that the current heavy rains and wet weather are only temporary solutions to the megadrought and overestimation might worsen the US drought. Read the analysis from experts here.

For years, the state has been gripped by a long-standing megadrought, the likes of which have not been seen for 1,200 years.

The megadrought, which began more than 20 years ago, remains widespread across the western half of the contiguous U.S.

A megadrought has been affecting vast swathes of the western United States for more than 20 years.

The use or production of salt in mining operations, road de-icing, and agriculture fertilizers are causing freshwater salinization.