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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. The Iowa Drought Monitor map shows conditions remaining fairly stable in the state. While the majority of the state remains ...

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 ...