The Latest Breaking News from US Drought Monitor

Drought in California has been reduced due to the frequent strong storms that dumped enormous volumes of snow and rain.

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

The drought will likely continue into the fall and winter.

LOS ANGELES — Get ready for short showers and brown lawns: More than 6 million Southern Californians will be placed under new drought rules today in an unprecedented effort to conserve water.

Colorado utilities are preparing for what’s shaping up to be a hotter-than-normal and relatively dry summer while regulators are assessing how to keep the lights and power on as the climate changes.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas is in the worst drought conditions since 2011, when 95% of the state was in drought. Eleven years ago, parched conditions caused more than $7 billion in crop and livestock losses, sparked wildfires, pushed power grids to the limit and reduced reservoirs to dangerously low…