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Western US faces snow drought as summer heats up
Courthouse News Service· 1 day agoAnother winter without enough snow and rain has left much of thewestern United States parched for water, according to scientists monitoring a snow ...
Billion-dollar disasters have been sweeping across the US this year
Space via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoS. Drought Monitor Report shared there was a 4% drop since the end of April in the amount of the...
Santa Fe County weighs fireworks restrictions amid drought
Tribune via AOL· 6 days agoJun. 7—As drought conditions in the region and throughout the state worsen, Santa Fe County officials are looking to ban the sale and use of some fireworks for the rest of ...
U.S. faces excessive heat, raucous storms going into week
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoExcessive heat continues to bake the Southwest, severe storms, torrential downpours and excessive...
The Western U.S. Is Sweltering Under a 'Heat Dome.' What Does That Mean?
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoA heat wave in the western United States that started last week has been made even hotter by a “heat dome” sitting over the region. This phenomenon occurs when a high-pressure ...
El Niño is dead, which could usher in a sweltering summer
ABC12 Mid-Michigan· 15 hours agoEl Niño has officially come to an end and the ripples from its demise will shake up weather around the globe. El Niño – a natural climate pattern marked by warmer than average ocean temperatures ...
Extreme early-summer heatwave peaks in western U.S.
The Raw Story· 7 days agoAn extreme early-summer heatwave was expected to peak Thursday across much of the western United States, where millions were scrambling to cope with the sudden sharp rise ...
Nevada, Western states get $700 million boost from US for water conservation
Las Vegas Sun· 3 days agoA $700 million investment from the federal government will fund water conservation projects across...
Parts of Florida could see more than a foot of rain, serious flooding this week
Washington Post· 3 days agoDrenching and drought-busting rains are about to deluge much of the Florida Peninsula, with...
Invest 90L moves off Florida. Gulf of Mexico disturbance could become tropical depression
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe reason for the repeated downpours this week — which are helping alleviate drought conditions...