The Latest Breaking News from Drought

This summer the weather has not only been extreme, but it has whiplashed from one extreme to another

Striking images across the country reveal golden-brown branches and dried-up leaves along footpaths much earlier than usual following heatwaves and drought conditions

With China’s biggest freshwater lake dried to historic lows by drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops

Do you think J Lo has a brown lawn?

Climate experts warn temporary increases in water levels will not mitigate a crisis that has been years in the making

Widespread heavy rain and flooding is expected to persist in the southern U.S. throughout the week.

Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere -- stretching from the farms of California to waterways in Europe and China -- are further snarling supply chains and driving up the prices of food and energy, adding pressure to a global trade system already under stress.

Water levels on the Franco-German section of the Rhine river are so low that some vessels cannot sail even when empty, although long-awaited rain has begun to ease bottlenecks along Europe's main commercial waterway.

Power rationing that forced factories in China’s southwest to shut down has been extended through at least Thursday due to low water at hydroelectric dams, according to a notice reported by news outlets and a company announcement, adding to losses from the hottest, driest summer in decades. The “tense situation”…