A report shows that both Mead and Powell have "reached alarmingly low levels, holding just one-third of their usual capacity.

A major earthquake severely damaged the Lower San Fernando Dam in the 1970s — leaving only “a thin dirt wall… between 80,000 people in the San Fernando Valley of southern California and 15 ...

Jay Famiglietti, a global futurist professor at Arizona State University and one of the authors of the research, said ...

President Donald Trump this week nominated Ted Cooke to lead the federal Bureau of Reclamation. Cooke is the former manager ...

Mike Lee is pushing back against criticism from fellow conservatives over a piece of the GOP’s megabill that would sell off ...

In February and March 2025, visitors to Yala National Park stood in disbelief as torrents of brown water surged across ...

Tucked away in northeastern Nevada’s stunning landscape sits Elko, a high desert treasure where $1,200 monthly goes from ...

Tucked away in northeastern Nevada’s stunning landscape sits Elko, a high desert treasure where retirement dollars perform financial gymnastics that would be impossible in most American cities. When ...

The Big One: Is California 'overdue' for a devastating major earthquake? A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare.

Researchers used data from NASA satellites to map the rapidly depleting resource, which is a major source of water for California. The Colorado River ... Lake Mead and a number of other smaller ...

All other major reservoirs in the state are close to or above their historical averages, too, ... A map shows drought levels across California as of December 31, 2024.

However, drought is still widespread across California. The most recent U.S. Drought Monitor map, released on Thursday, shows that nearly 60 percent of the Golden State is considered abnormally dry.