The heavy rain that fell this weekend on parts of western and central Oklahoma offered some hope for farmers and ranchers who were just beginning to plant their winter wheat crop. It wasn’t enough to end the drought in those …
Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes. Unprecedented triple-digit heat and devastating drought. Deadly tornadoes leveling towns. Massive rivers overflowing. A billion-dollar blizzard. And now, unusual hurricane-caused flooding in Vermont. If what’s falling from the sky isn’t …
Eight more Colorado counties have been declared natural disaster areas because of drought and a freeze. Colorado Sen. Mark Udall’s office said Monday the designation encompasses Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande and Saguache counties in southern Colorado, which has been …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a disaster declaration for 74 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. Gov. Mary Fallin said the secretarial disaster declaration was issued on Wednesday in response to her June 10 request to help farmers hit by …
The record number of Texas counties with outdoor burn bans has reached 236 as the drought continues. A Texas Forest Service map Thursday showed southern and northeast parts of the state as the only areas without burn bans. Texas has …
Seven parishes in Louisiana have been declared disaster areas due to drought by the U.S. Agriculture Department. The parishes are Beauregard, Caddo, DeSoto, Sabine, Vernon, Calcasieu and Cameron. State Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says the parishes were included in a …
About 500 firefighters, army soldiers and police battling strong headwinds and dry conditions brought a forest fire in southern Switzerland under control Wednesday. An unusually hot spring and drought conditions set the stage for the fire which was still burning …