The Latest Breaking News on Droughts

Record-setting snow in LA doesn't mean the state has recovered from its historic drought yet

Spawning sites in east and south-west will need unusually wet spring for tadpoles to survive

LOS ANGELES — California’s remarkably wet winter has helped ease drought conditions considerably, with large swaths of the state — including the coast of Humboldt County, much of the snow-capped Sierra Nevada and the Santa Monica Mountains north of Malibu — no longer considered to be in drought, according to…

About half of the state has been lifted out of drought conditions by a series of storms that have drenched the region.

Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought

Italy, France and other nations in western Europe are grappling with a second year of too little rain and snow

With little rain forecast for spring and reservoirs still not refilled, drought could be worse than last year

Authorities in France’s seven major river basins have been told to enforce water restrictions as the government hammers out a crisis plan to tackle a drought exacerbated by the driest winter spell on record.

The Bureau of Meteorology released its latest climate driver update on Tuesday, saying the current La Niña has weakened and is “likely near its end”. Most climate models now point to neutral conditions – neither El Niño nor La Niña – through autumn and a trend towards El Niño in…

When her three-month-old baby fell sick from malnutrition, Dool Abdirahman Ismael left her village in Somalia and walked for three days through swirling dust and scorching heat to the Dadaab Refugee Camp just across the border in Kenya.

US First Lady Jill Biden arrived in Kenya on Friday, kicking off a visit aimed at focusing attention on the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades.