One of the terms that many of us do not hear about very often is “flash drought.” This is a sudden and extreme dry spell that occurs over weeks to months, rather than years or decades. This event is ...

The city, which typically gets about 4.5 inches of rain in October, got nothing. Sudden dry conditions will become more ...

Over 73 percent of land across the entire U.S. and Puerto Rico was under some degree of drought as of October 29.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s mayor urged residents to take shorter showers, fix dripping faucets and otherwise conserve water, ...

A long-term drought, or even a flash drought like we have seen develop regionally, can exacerbate wildfire conditions. Other ...

If things stay this dry, the situation could be upgraded to a “drought warning” within weeks. Then it could become an ...

Or Dallas. Or several other U.S. cities that went from unusually wet in some cases to bone dry in a flash. In fact, “flash drought” is the term for this sort of phenomenon. It joins “zombie fire,” ...

October 2024 brought record-setting drought to the U.S., with dry conditions covering more than half the country. A strong high-pressure system kept temperatures warm and rainfall scarce, driving ...

When will it snow this year in Boston and across Massachusetts and New Hampshire? Here's how the recent drought could impact ...

Meteorologist Taylor Stephenson explains why flash flooding can occur even if an area is experiencing a drought in this ...

The state is in a drought for the third time in 2024 following back-to-back tropical storms, then little rain; experts ...