Temperature can mean the difference between four inches of rain and four feet of snow. That’s something the Tahoe region, and ...

The message came as the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted its second snow survey of the season last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a major milestone in one of the continent’s most fire-prone regions. No corner of California was abnormally dry or mired in ...

During this time last year, some parts of the state were still considered "abnormally dry." The latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor comes following a series of holiday storms. LOS ANGELES - ...

After a decidedly weird and only occasionally wet winter, California is once again drying out — and fast. New data compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that large ...

For the second time in the past two weeks, the U.S. Drought Monitor, a prominent national report, on Thursday classified 100% of California as being drought-free. That’s a rating that hasn’t occurred ...

Northern Californians can breathe easy knowing the region is completely out of drought, according to weather experts. The last patches of unusually dry areas — remnants of drought that plagued ...

Current drought maps are showing California is drought-free for the first time in 25 years. The U.S. Drought Monitor climatologists put out a weekly map assessing drought conditions across the country ...

Fifty of California's 58 counties are now under a drought emergency after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new emergency order for nine more counties on Thursday. The governor made the announcement while ...

Southern California and a central pocket of the state are forecasted to see drought conditions persist with no improvement into the summer. It comes as most of California faces higher likelihoods of ...

The U.S. Drought Monitor is the gold standard for measuring drought by county, state, and region across America.