Drought now covers 49.78 percent of the United States and Puerto Rico, and the latest U.S. Drought Monitor release puts 42 ...

This U.S. Drought Monitor week saw degradations across the areas of the Plains, Upper Midwest, and Florida, while rainfall during the past week led to improvements in drought-affected areas of the ...

The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) is widely used to show where and how extensive drought conditions are across the country. For those interested in agriculture production, it is a widely anticipated and ...

Drought covered 59.1% of the contiguous United States on September 1, up more than 10 percentage points from early August, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. That is ...

The National Drought Mitigation Center released its latest drought monitor map for the United States. The NDMC classifies drought in five categories of increasing severity: abnormally dry, moderate ...

Pictured is dead grass at a home as it rains in the Houston area in 2023. All of Harris County and most of Texas is in a moderate drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor's most recent data. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drought conditions in Iowa are at a bit of a standstill after a wave of thunderstorms, floods and heat swept through Iowa in late ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Iowa Drought Monitor map shows conditions remaining fairly stable in the state. While the majority of the state remains ...

Drought conditions in Iowa are at a bit of a standstill after a wave of thunderstorms, floods and heat swept through Iowa in late June. While the majority of the state is drought-free, moderate ...