The Latest Breaking News from Drought

On Tuesday, the National Drought Group, made up of government departments and affected groups, will meet to discuss a strategy to deal with the very dry conditions faced by the UK

Officials warn UK could fall into drought

Drought and high temperatures have led to increasingly dangerous wildfires in the western US in recent years.

MINNEAPOLIS — Parts of Minnesota have once again slipped into severe drought, just a year after one of the worst statewide droughts in decades.

MONTERREY, MEXICO — Three months pregnant and queasy with morning sickness, Yasmin Acosta Ruiz pushed a cart laden with buckets of water through the scorching July heat. As she and her 7-year-old son eased the cart over a speed bump, water sloshed onto the pavement. They both winced.

Flooding hit more than 10 villages in the drought-stricken Fars province after heavy rains swelled the Roudbal river, one official said.

Iran's state television says flash floods in the drought-stricken southern province of Fars have killed at least 17 people

Flash floods in Iran's drought-stricken southern Fars province have killed at least 17 people, state television said Saturday. Heavy rains swelled the Roudbal river by the city of Estahban, according to the city's governor Yousef Karegar. Karegar said rescue teams had saved 55 people who were trapped by the flash…

Frenchman Laporte has won the 19th stage of the Tour de France after surging ahead of the peloton in the finale in the southwestern city of Cahors