Experts say a weekslong “snow drought” in Norther California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly ...

"Time is rapidly running out to catch up" on snow accumulation, one state official said.

During this time last year, some parts of the state were still considered "abnormally dry." The latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor comes following a series of holiday storms. LOS ANGELES - ...

Genetics helped scarlet monkeyflower rebound after California’s megadrought — a real‑world example of rapid evolution.

After experiencing one of the wettest holiday seasons on record, still soggy California hit a major milestone this week — having zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years. The data ...

Wild scarlet monkeyflowers in California survived a historic drought by relying on a rapid evolution, marking the first time the process has been observed in the wild.

For the second time in the past two weeks, the U.S. Drought Monitor, a prominent national report, on Thursday classified 100% of California as being drought-free. That’s a rating that hasn’t occurred ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – California has reached a historic milestone, officially becoming drought-free for the first time in 25 years. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, not a single region in California ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Incredible news for California's water supply entering the new year - not a single square mile of California is categorized as dry for the first time in 25 years, according to the ...

For the first time in a quarter-century, no part of California was considered dry or in drought, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor assessment released Thursday. The historic shift was first ...