An updated drought map published by the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) reveals that weather officials expect California to remain drought-free through May. The U.S ...

Despite being just 20 days away from spring, drought conditions, while improved from January, are still in effect for most of Southern and Central California. Extreme drought, the second-most severe ...

A recent study by a NASA-led team has detailed the areas of California where land is sinking, or rising, the most. While NASA 's report said the changes seemed insignificant as they amounted to just ...

Despite being just 20 days away from spring, drought conditions, while improved from January, are still in effect for most of Southern and Central California. Extreme drought, the second-most ...

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Not all Californian coastal areas are moving lower. The Santa Barbara groundwater basin, which has been continuously ...

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

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.

Some scientists say the region is facing the worst drought in centuries. Who's getting hit the hardest? Anyone who eats food. The water levels of 1,500+ reservoirs in California are 50% lower than ...

As of Thursday, nearly 58.2% of California was under abnormally dry drought conditions, according to the Drought Monitor’s weekly map showing drought intensities across the nation. That’s a ...