Insufficient rainfall in 2023-2024 has taken a toll on the region’s rivers and groundwater and upended daily life in several countries.
Published Oct 15, 2024
One of the driest growing seasons in decades has decimated crops and left millions hungry.
Published Apr 22, 2024
Prolonged drought in Kansas set the stage for what may be one of the state’s smallest wheat harvests in decades.
Published Jun 22, 2023
The western United States is currently experiencing moderate to severe drought, and it is expected to worsen in upcoming months.
Published Mar 31, 2021
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
Extreme heat helped push as much as 26 percent of the contiguous United States into drought in July 2011. This image shows the impact on plants throughout the month.
Published Aug 11, 2011
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
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