Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — the region ... all urban water suppliers to implement Level 2 of their emergency drought restrictions. It also took the step of banning ...

One of California's largest reservoirs is on track to reach capacity for the third year in a row, a first-ever milestone.

California's reservoirs have seen a remarkable rise in water levels, thanks to an intense atmospheric river that swept ...

The American West is facing its most severe drought ... power to water and irrigation districts as well as municipalities across Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico. The elevation level also ...

"It’s unfortunate that the largely natural occurrence of a drought has ... It supplies water and power to Arizona, California and Nevada. Lake Mead's level is 1,047 feet above sea level.

The result: a return of water to California that has erased drought maps ... landscapes and trickling rivers replaced with swollen lakes, gushing waterfalls and snow-covered mountaintops.

Some California residents are watching this precious H20 wash away and wondering, why can't we save the water for times when we desperately need it? The state grapples with drought, but it's not ...

The residents of this sun-scorched city feel California’s endless drought when the dust ... is just starting to register a new level of concern about the water crisis. “Just in the last ...

LA QUINTA, Calif. — In a part of the Coachella Valley where exclusive neighborhoods wrap around lush golf courses and ponds, a stretch of open desert could be transformed into a new sort of ...