Appalachian Power’s website, smithmountainproject.com, tracks current levels of Smith Mountain Lake, and as of Tuesday night, ...

DERBY, Kan. (KSNW) — Families are flocking to tree farms to pick out the perfect pine. But it takes years to grow a Christmas tree, and the Kansas drought has raised concerns for a Derby business.

A global research effort led by Colorado State University shows that extreme, prolonged drought conditions in grasslands and shrublands would greatly limit the long-term health of crucial ecosystems ...

Re “Wildfire Risk Only Growing for Northeast” (front page, Nov. 21): This article leaves the impression that the drought in the Northeast this fall, which drove record wildfires, was caused by ...

Bloomington officials urged residents to voluntarily conserve water due to “continued dry weather” during a late morning news conference Friday. Bloomington Lake’s water levels are about five feet ...

KEARNEY, Mo. (KCTV) - The drought that we’ve experienced in the Midwest has had negative effects on how big some of the pumpkins have grown at the Fun Farm in Kearney. Normally they have at least a ...

Following months without rain, wildfire-ravaged Southern California has once again entered a concerning period of severe drought, new data showed. Drought conditions - coupled with hurricane-force ...

After three water main breaks within a week and five breaks since Oct. 9, Cape Girardeau's aging water system, a summer drought and hydrant testing contributed to the incidents. Alliance Water ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A wet spring continues to soak the soil across much of the Midwest, causing the prolonged drought to slowly retreat westward, the weekly drought report released Thursday said.

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