The Latest Breaking News from Drought

The action at the 2022 US Open gets under way on Thursday

Tens of thousands of children in Ethiopia are suffering from the "most deadly" form of malnutrition as prolonged drought ravages the east and south of the country, British charity Save the Children said Thursday. Four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of Africa, with a fifth also expected…

The governor of California stood in a patch of dry brown grass as he made his proclamation:

Oregon health officials say that the impacts of climate change, including more devastating wildfires, heatwaves, drought and poor air quality, are fueling “climate anxiety” among young people

Nomadic communities are at ‘brink of starvation’, says charity report

LOS ANGELES — As the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks of supplies reaching perilously low levels, a top federal water official said Tuesday.

“That's their decision, and they have to live with that.”

A female-led community group in the dry south of the country are diversifying crops to adapt to the climate crisis. Now they are reaping the bounty

A wildfire near Flagstaff, Arizona, has already burned 5,000 acres, fanned by strong winds and fed by dry grasses and brush