The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has for the first time in three months, delivered life-saving nutrition supplies for malnourished children in the remote region of Farafangana, ...

Drought is a prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was, much of inland Australia would ...

Australia is prone to drought partly because of its geography. Our continent spans the latitudes of the subtropical high pressure belt. This is an area of sinking, dry, stable air and usually clear ...

Wilmington is experiencing a moderate drought that began in late 2024 and is expected to last into spring 2025. The drought is attributed to a La Niña weather pattern and an overall lack of ...

"Megadroughts are persistent, multi-year drought events that stand out as especially extreme in terms of severity, duration, or spatial extent when compared to other droughts of the last two thousand ...

Treatment plants use a combination of tools to keep toxins and contaminants out of drinking water. Researchers with the ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — This winter is on track to go down as one of the driest on record and the drought situation in Arizona is getting worse. While drought and water shortages may be inevitable ...

As climate change makes droughts more intense, communities struggling to get enough water might find the economics make sense. Supplementing aquifers, reservoirs, and other established sources ...

Currently, the Midwest is 29% in moderate drought and 27% abnormally dry. About 27% of corn production acres are in some form of drought. The U.S. Monthly Drought Outlook shows drought persisting ...