Drought can have serious implications for water supply. In 2022, Lake Mead—the largest reservoir in the U.S. by capacity—fell to critically low levels following years of drought. According to a map of ...

A dry fall has reduced soil moisture across Michigan and left an estimated 4 million Michigan residents in areas of drought or near-drought across the Lower Peninsula, according to the U.S. Drought ...

Current drought maps are showing California is drought-free for the first time in 25 years. The U.S. Drought Monitor climatologists put out a weekly map assessing drought conditions across the country ...

A wet summer so far in 2025 has resulted in nearly the entire state of Iowa being drought-free. The U.S. Drought Monitor offers a state-by-state tracking of drought conditions nationwide. New maps and ...

Drought conditions across Iowa continue to improve, with more than half of the state now experiencing drought-free conditions. Large portions of the state benefited from a week of consistent rains, ...

Across a swath of the United States, drought that might once have been dismissed as a passing dry spell is now settling in for the season, hardening into a long‑term strain on water, landscapes, and ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona remains in the grip of a long-term drought that began in 1994 with recent months of above-average rainfall providing only short-term relief. The current drought map shows ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A few Oregon locations have seen drought improvements this week thanks to thunderstorm activity. The severe drought has started to peel away from the northeast coastal regions ...