North Island vegetation shows signs of stress during one the region’s most severe droughts on record.
Published May 7, 2020
By late February 2018, an estimated 55 percent of the continental U.S. was classified as abnormally dry.
Published Mar 2, 2018
A dry summer is giving farmers in the Northeast one of their toughest seasons in years.
Published Sep 13, 2016
The U.S. Drought Monitor reports its lowest levels in 17 years.
Published May 5, 2017
More than 64 million people are directly affected by drought in the Southwest and Southern Plains, and far more are indirectly affected because of the vast number of farms, orchards, and ranches that supply the rest of the United States.
Published Nov 27, 2014
Temperatures across much of the region in 2018 have been well above the norms, while precipitation has been well below—a recipe for struggling farmers and concerned forest fire managers.
Published Jun 12, 2018
Drought conditions in 2018 are extreme over the Four Corners region of the United States.
Published Nov 8, 2018
Severe to extreme drought persists in the Southwest and the Plains in May 2014.
Published May 13, 2014
Most of Texas is brown in this vegetation index image, revealing the negative impact drought had on plants in August 2009.
Published Aug 12, 2009
The failure of the summer monsoon and other moisture carrying systems has parched more than 90 percent of some states.
Published Aug 13, 2020
While autumn rains offered some relief to Northern California, drought still reigns in the southern part of the state.
Published Nov 16, 2016
The typically green valleys and snow-covered mountains of California have grown dusty after three years of drought.
Published Jul 18, 2014
Overdue rain changed the landscape of Australia’s capital city of Canberra in October 2010.
Published May 13, 2012
Analysis of Landsat and MODIS data showed where agricultural production was affected by long-term drought in California.
Published Jan 30, 2015
Water supplies are near historically low levels in southeastern Brazil.
Published Oct 23, 2014
After a wet spring, a quick-onset drought has parched fields.
Published Oct 23, 2019
Vegetation is withering across Central Chile.
Published Nov 18, 2019
Diminished rainfall, combined with soaring temperatures, has jeopardized the food security and energy supplies of millions of people in the region.
Published Dec 16, 2019
From space, the southwest coast of New Zealand resembles the greenstone for which it is named. This cloud-free satellite image is from April 9, 2010.
Published May 22, 2010
In mid-September 2015, water stored near the surface and underground in the U.S. West was far-below-normal.
Published Sep 18, 2015
