The state has extended a drought emergency for the third year in a row in the Yakima River Basin. The drought declaration, which began in 2023, covers the Upper Yakima, Lower Yakima and Naches ...

Parts of Central Washington are experiencing a drought for the third consecutive year. Snowpack, a critical component of Washington's water supply, are not providing the expected water levels.

PBS NewsHour special correspondent Willem Marx and videographer Edward Kiernan traveled across Ethiopia to understand the ...

Water withdrawals for irrigating crops in Wisconsin reached their highest level ever reported in 2023 as a flash drought ...

The 2023 Water Withdrawal Report brings to light a continuing trend of significant water usage across Wisconsin, with special focus on how the last year's intense drought influenced withdrawal rates.

Abdourahmane Tchiani, pictured, in Niamey, Niger, July 30, 2023. NIAMEY, Niger (AP ... Ulf Laessing, the Sahel program director at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation think-tank, said the five ...

"The targeted counties are among the hardest hit by the drought that lasted four consecutive failed rain seasons," Miano said in a statement released in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. According to ...

Jan. 3, 2023. (Kenneth James/California Department of Water Resources via AP) An animation that explains how climate change is the cause of torrential rain in some places and worse drought in others. ...

Djiby Sow Senior Researcher, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Fahiraman Rodrigue Koné Project Manager ... The study was carried out in response to the United Nations Secretary-General ...

SANAA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Yemeni people, already burdened by yearslong turmoil, now face another challenge posed by the unrelenting severe drought, a disaster brought on by climate change.

Among them, is drought stress which alters intracellular water relations, photosynthesis, ion homeostasis and elevates reactive oxygen species which eventually reduce their growth and yields. In ...

Clippard explained that this is mostly due to ongoing drought issues in the area. “West of here, it's a little bit drier. We had a big drought, so there's probably going to be less bluebonnets ...