We're praying for rain and coat season, y'all. Here's the latest on the "super El Niño" outlook.

Drought management is inefficient because feedbacks between drought and people are not fully understood. In this human-influenced era, we need to rethink the concept of drought to include the human ...

Drought is caused by a lack of rainfall, causing serious water shortages. It can be fatal. Droughts can be triggered by natural causes and by human activity. The IRC is delivering life-saving support ...

Remember when droughts were a problem only in hot deserts? Times (and the climate) have changed, and now drought-tolerant plants are appealing to gardeners in other locations. As of January 30, 2024, ...

Droughts can be caused by several factors, some natural, some related to human-caused climate change, others driven by a range of human activities. The latest science says that as the climate warms, ...

Droughts are one of the most feared natural phenomenon in the world; they devastate farmland, destroy livelihoods and cause untold suffering. They occur when an area experiences a shortage of water ...

While no rain in this week's forecast is good news for outdoor activities, it's not good for the worsening drought in North Carolina. According to WRAL meteorologist Aimee Wilmoth, 2026 is the driest ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Severe flooding has swept across California following torrential ...

US$10M Funds allocated by the UN for early action. 33.5K Households in critical need of water in Gedo. 4.4M People projected to face acute food insecurity in Oct-Dec. 1.85M Children projected to ...

Summer thunderstorms added a foot of water to Falls Lake between July 6 and 13, 2026, but extreme drought persists across central and eastern North Carolina. Much of central North Carolina is in an ...