Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 11 north Louisiana parishes as disaster areas because of drought. He says he was notified Wednesday that four – Morehouse, Richland, Union and West Carroll _ are …
Rain and cooler temperatures in the drought-stricken U.S. Midwest crop belt will provide relief for late-season soybeans, but the change in the weather is arriving too late to help the already severely damaged corn crop, an agricultural meteorologist said on …
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $383 million disaster relief bill on Thursday that provides political shelter for lawmakers during the worst drought in half a century, but may not release the aid for months to come. Nearly two-thirds …
A deepening drought and persistent 100-degree temperatures are turning forests and crops into tinder boxes and increasing the danger of wildfires across the state, Oklahoma’s top forester said. Oklahoma State Forester George L. Geissler said the entire state is experiencing …
Grass fires damaged at least 10 homes and burned about 1,500 acres before crews were able to control them late on July 30, authorities in north-central Oklahoma said. Seven mobile homes and three houses were damaged in the fires in …
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that severe drought affecting much of the Midwest and Great Plains now covers more than half of Iowa and three-quarters of Nebraska. More than half of Indiana is now listed in extreme drought …
The area of Arkansas experiencing exceptional drought conditions has tripled from a week ago to nearly 11 percent of the state. New U.S. Drought Monitor figures released July 19 show the driest part of the state includes all of Conway …
The drought has spread across much of the country, creating extreme fire risks. But no place is more at risk than Missouri. The National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska rates Missouri’s fire risk as the highest in …
An expanding U.S. drought, now deemed the worst since 1956, dealt another blow to the corn crop, with conditions deteriorating for a second straight week in the world’s top exporter of the grain, U.S. government data showed on Monday. There …
Historic rainfall levels that drenched the Houston area last week flooded dozens of homes and caused widespread street flooding, but the rain also is likely to result in the end of drought conditions in Southeast Texas, officials said on July …
