Drought conditions in 2018 are extreme over the Four Corners region of the United States.
Published Nov 8, 2018
The U.S. Drought Monitor reports its lowest levels in 17 years.
Published May 5, 2017
By late February 2018, an estimated 55 percent of the continental U.S. was classified as abnormally dry.
Published Mar 2, 2018
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
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
Severe to extreme drought persists in the Southwest and the Plains in May 2014.
Published May 13, 2014
After a wet spring, a quick-onset drought has parched fields.
Published Oct 23, 2019
In mid-September 2015, water stored near the surface and underground in the U.S. West was far-below-normal.
Published Sep 18, 2015
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