There is a drought watch in effect for 15 counties in New York, some of them in the Capital Region. This is because of the lack of rain and low levels of streamflow and ground water.

Meteorologist Alena Lee shows how the drought monitor has worsened across most of the state throughout the last week. Forecasted rain on Thursday is not expected to provide much relief.

A reminder that drought is a notable lack of precipitation. The drought monitor tracks the conditions and places areas into a certain drought category based on a number of factors.

Drought, which rapidly expanded in Ohio and West Virginia late in the summer, ... Warmth and lack of rain to worsen growing drought in Northeast. Ryan Adamson. October 20, 2024 at 8:17 AM.

Drought watch advisories in Virginia have been expanded to include 38 counties including Augusta and Rockingham. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, in coordination with the Virginia ...

John Wheeler is Chief Meteorologist for WDAY, a position he has had since May of 1985. Wheeler grew up in the South, in Louisiana and Alabama, and cites his family's move to the Midwest as ...

The lack of rainfall has pushed many of us around Chicagoland back into some form of drought condition. The latest USDA Drought Outlook that’s released weekly on Thursdays has most of us in ...