California’s complex but fragile climate is being split in two this year. In Northern California, record-setting rainfall and massive ocean swells are wreaking havoc on the state’s iconic piers and ...

California - one of the driest states in the US - is being inundated with torrential rain and flooding. And given the decades-long drought in the region, which has led to restrictions on water ...

After years of drought, several reservoirs in California reached concerningly low water levels in the summer of 2022. However, an abnormally wet winter that followed alleviated much of the state's ...

With drought, climate change and overuse of the Colorado River leading to increasingly dire conditions in the West, the federal Bureau of Reclamation is looking at fallowing as a way to cut water use.

California Got Millions to Train Workers in Disaster Relief, but It’s Leaving Money ... The money came from 12 grants, each one in response to drought, floods, wildfires, or the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some scientists say the region is facing the worst drought in centuries. Who's getting hit the hardest? Anyone who eats food. The water levels of 1,500+ reservoirs in California are 50% lower than ...

In January 2023, and continuing throughout the spring, rain swelled many of California’s reservoirs and creeks, engulfing homes and businesses and killing 21 people. One federal estimate says it cost ...

This year, there were wide changes in precipitation totals, from a large surplus of rainfall that saw an end to a nearly four ...