• Exceptional drought returns to Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma for first time since July 2023

    ByRishav Kothari

    Exceptional drought (D4) has returned to parts of the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma for the first time since July 2023, according to the National Weather Service Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center (ABRFC). Drought conditions continue worsening across large parts of the Southern Plains following one of the driest and warmest starts to spring on record. Extreme Drought (D3) conditions are already affecting 36% of the Arkansas-Red Basin, while forecasters warned that very dry conditions are expected to persist across western portions of the region.

  • Flash drought gripped U.S. in October 2024

    ByHarsha Borah

    A rapidly intensifying flash drought affected much of the U.S. in October 2024, with 45.3% of the country now under moderate to extreme drought. By October 29, drought had spread across nearly every contiguous state, except Alaska and Kentucky, severely impacting the Midwest, South, and East Coast and affecting over 78% of the population.

  • Lake Mead drought update by Sin City Outdoors, Nevada

    ByTeo Blašković

    Sin City Outdoors ventured out to Lake Mead in Nevada again, showing what lies down at the bottom of a rapidly declining lake. Lake Mead, filled by the Colorado River, is the source of nearly 90% of Southern Nevada’s water.

  • Farmers in California abandoning their fields, U.S.

    ByTW

    Farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley are abandoning their fields due to drought that resulted in water allotments cut by a third. Farmers in this region, reportedly the most productive agricultural region globally, grow 250 different crops on 17% of the…