UK’s Extremely Dry Start to Year Raises Crop and Wildfire Risks April 24, 2025 By Joe Wertz The UK’s driest start to the year in four decades is threatening the country’s grain crops and increasing the risk...
Climate Change Triggers More Extreme Weather – From Deluges to Drought March 27, 2025 By Tammy Webber and Donavon Brutus Around the globe, rising temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation...
Spain’s Storms Refill Reservoirs, Easing Nation’s Worst Drought March 25, 2025 By Laura Millan Jana, Konrad, Laurence and Martinho — the unprecedented string of four named storms that barreled through the Iberian peninsula in...
Spain Braces for More Downpours After Floods Kill Three People March 20, 2025 By Laura Millan and Joe Wertz Spain is bracing for another round of torrential rains after flooding forced home evacuations, washed away cars and killed at...
Drought Leaves Canadian Farmers Unpaid, Reveals Holes in Safety Net February 12, 2025 By Ed White Canadian farmer Bill Prybylski planned to buy a new tractor with proceeds from crops sold to two grain companies in...
Corpus Christi Initiates Emergency Effort to Boost Water Supply January 28, 2025 By Dylan Baddour On the South Texas coast, the city of Corpus Christi has initiated an emergency effort to boost its water supply...
Musk’s Massive Tesla Lithium Plant Hunts for Water in Drought-Hit Texas January 7, 2025 By Kara Carlson Twenty miles outside Corpus Christi, Texas — an area so dry the local water company distributes shower timers at high...
New York City Issues First Drought Warning in 22 Years November 19, 2024 New York City has issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain — and will...
Massachusetts Police Charge Man With Intentionally Setting Brush Fires November 19, 2024 A man was arrested on suspicion of intentionally setting brush fires in Massachusetts during a time of dry conditions that...
Pennsylvania Prohibits Fires on State Lands as Dry Conditions Persist November 7, 2024 Earlier this week, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) announced that it is prohibiting campfires on state...