The devastating fires in California early this year came after a particularly unfortunate weather pattern—an exceptionally ...

“The wetter conditions over California allowed for some improvements in areas where the current water year indicators improved and eased some of the drought conditions,” the Drought Monitor sai ...

Incoming heavy rain from an atmospheric river-fueled storm that slammed into the West Coast early Wednesday is threatening ...

The latest drought monitor does not take into account the rain and snow that fell across California this week.

California’s snowpack is now 85% of average, with more snow in the northern Sierra and less in the south. Amid warming ...

With drought, climate change and overuse of the Colorado River leading to increasingly dire conditions in the West, the federal Bureau of Reclamation is looking at fallowing as a way to cut water use.

Parts of Southern California continue to battle extreme ... Newsweek spoke with experts about the Golden State's drought levels as well as current and future weather conditions.

On Kirsten Dutcher’s recent hikes in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, she’s witnessed a troubling sight: Ocotillos have keeled over onto the desert floor, and cholla cactuses are browning up from their ...

In late January, a snowpack update was cause for concern, but the Sierra Nevada mountains have started to recover.