The Latest Breaking News on Droughts

It has been confirmed that the visitor centre, which was due to open in May, has been delayed

The resident had flagged the issue to both the City of Edinburgh Council and Scottish Water a year ago on social media but at the time both replied saying it wasn't their problem.

Spawning sites in east and south-west will need unusually wet spring for tadpoles to survive

LOS ANGELES — California’s remarkably wet winter has helped ease drought conditions considerably, with large swaths of the state — including the coast of Humboldt County, much of the snow-capped Sierra Nevada and the Santa Monica Mountains north of Malibu — no longer considered to be in drought, according to…

About half of the state has been lifted out of drought conditions by a series of storms that have drenched the region.

Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought

Italy, France and other nations in western Europe are grappling with a second year of too little rain and snow

With little rain forecast for spring and reservoirs still not refilled, drought could be worse than last year

Authorities in France’s seven major river basins have been told to enforce water restrictions as the government hammers out a crisis plan to tackle a drought exacerbated by the driest winter spell on record.