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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
By late February 2018, an estimated 55 percent of the continental U.S. was classified as abnormally dry.
Published Mar 2, 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
A dry summer is giving farmers in the Northeast one of their toughest seasons in years.
Published Sep 13, 2016
While autumn rains offered some relief to Northern California, drought still reigns in the southern part of the state.
Published Nov 16, 2016
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
After a wet spring, a quick-onset drought has parched fields.
Published Oct 23, 2019
The typically green valleys and snow-covered mountains of California have grown dusty after three years of drought.
Published Jul 18, 2014
North Island vegetation shows signs of stress during one the region’s most severe droughts on record.
Published May 7, 2020
The failure of the summer monsoon and other moisture carrying systems has parched more than 90 percent of some states.
Published Aug 13, 2020
Severe drought has taken a serious toll on vegetation and farmers in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
Published Jul 27, 2011
This vegetation map reveals the impact severe drought was having on plants in Texas in April 2011.
Published Apr 27, 2011
Overdue rain changed the landscape of Australia’s capital city of Canberra in October 2010.
Published May 13, 2012
