Tag: Droughts
Rangers urge safety to avoid more wildfires in New England
Dry conditions and carelessness with fire has fueled a spate of wildfires this spring across parts of New England, and officials urged caution at...
Grim western fire season starts much drier than record 2020
As bad as last year’s record-shattering fire season was, the western U.S. starts this year’s in even worse shape.
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Severe drought crisis deepens along Oregon-California border
PORTLAND, Ore. — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water...
Most of Indiana either abnormally dry or in moderate drought
INDIANAPOLIS — A recent lack of rain made for nice spring picnicking weather in Indiana, but it's left most of the state unusually dry...
California trucks salmon to Pacific; low river levels blamed
SAN FRANCISCO — California officials will again truck millions of young salmon raised at fish hatcheries in the state's Central Valley agricultural region to...
Mexico’s drought reaches critical levels as lakes dry up
MEXICO CITY — Drought conditions now cover 85% of Mexico, and residents of the nation's central region said Thursday that lakes and reservoirs are...
Climate change creates migrants. Biden considers protections
SAN DIEGO — Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New Zealand as refugees, arguing that rising sea levels caused...
US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The man-made lakes that store water supplying millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico are projected to shrink...
Epic drought means water crisis on Oregon-California border
PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday they will get a...
Tensions rise in water battle along Oregon-California line
PORTLAND, Ore. — One of the worst droughts in memory in a massive agricultural region straddling the California-Oregon border could mean steep cuts to...
