Grazing fields could struggle this year without enough rain in the spring. That could hurt cattle herds in states like Nebraska and Kansas. "Ranchers don't want to be hauling water during the summer ...

A strong area of mid-level high pressure, anchored over the southern tier of the country, continued to promote above-normal temperatures and mostly dry weather across the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and ...

The water levels of Utah's Great Salt Lake have jumped up in recent months in the wake of the intense snow and rainfall across the U.S. West, but are still lower than usual due to the region's ...

Ryan Krenk, a farmer outside of Seward, Nebraska, and Jenny Rees, an extension educator with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, examine one of Krenk’s corn fields on July 11, 2023. Before the early ...

In normally waterlogged Louisiana, the swamps are now so dry that they're catching fire. The Great Drought of 2023 is causing vast financial losses from wildfires and damage to crops and animals on ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A new study by scientists at Utah State University shows that a shrinking Great Salt Lake may exacerbate drought conditions along the entire Wasatch Front. "As the Great Salt Lake ...

Dead trees line the Salt Creek and Platte River near Mahoney State Park in June 2025. Horticulturists with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were stumped when they started seeing significant ...

The Great Lakes - which supply nearly 20 million Americans with drinking water - are suffering from a major drought. An unusually dry September coupled with the seasonal decline in water levels has ...

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