The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Los Angeles (AFP) - A worsening drought has revealed a four-decade-old body dumped in a US lake, police said Monday, warning that falling water levels would lead to the uncovering of more corpses.

A barrel containing human remains was discovered in Nevada's Lake Mead over the weekend as a historic drought grips the West.

Farmers wanting to spend big on infrastructure as Queensland's rural communities bounce back from drought, floods and the pandemic are struggling to get builders or materials.

Catherine Russell, Unicef’s executive director, says spike was ‘quite dramatic’

A million acres have already burned across the country already, with La Niña bringing more severe dry climate

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Water Resources on Friday issued an emergency drought declaration for all but 10 of the state’s 44 counties.

LOS ANGELES — When the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California this week unveiled its strictest-ever water restrictions for about 6 million residents, it did so with an urgent goal in mind: a 35% reduction in water consumption, equating to an allocation of about 80 gallons per person per day.

The water supply for Las Vegas has marked a milestone, with a water intake breaking the surface of drought-depleted Lake Mead and the activation of a new pumping facility to draw water from deeper in the crucial Colorado River reservoir

With hunger across Horn of Africa and 600,000 children out of school, ‘desperate’ parents push more girls into early marriage