and the Southern California landscape — ripe for wildfire and never far from chronic water shortages — is paying the price. Prior to the recent drought report, conditions in Southern ...

“The recent record volume of water usage in a month was driven by the recent drought. We are confident that December pumpage will be in line with historic averages,” the Sands Point Board of ...

On the night of July 29, 2024, a 15-meter tall square monument in Michoacán, Mexico, suddenly collapsed under the pressure of ...

New Jersey still has a long way to go before digging itself out of its serious drought, but conditions ... s reservoirs — the source of drinking water for millions of people.

Fire risks remain high due to abnormal amounts of hurricane-related storm debris still on the ground in some areas of the Bay ...

Drought is a prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was, much of inland Australia would ...

The figure is within the threshold of triggering Stage 3 drought restrictions, which will primarily affect how water is used outdoors — notably, banning all landscape watering, even with a ...

Whereas in the eastern half of the U.S., it rains all the time, any month of the year. There’s no distinct season for water. And that means that the way drought sort of happens is a little different.

Cascading and compound drought impacts range from lack of potable water to reduced crop yields to lower educational outcomes. In developing countries, extreme droughts have double the impact on GDP ...

However, over most of the country rainfall is low and erratic. Even in the wetter areas, very dry years can disrupt normal activities and lead to water shortages. Of all the climate challenges to ...

With the Colorado River currently experiencing a historic drought, the state of Arizona, which derives about 36% of its water use from this source, is exploring ways to address the problem. Arizona’s ...