Experts say the Southwestern U.S. is drier than it's been in some 1,200 years, which is one of, but not the only, drivers of the large infernos burning in New Mexico.
With the worst of the thick wildfire smoke having blown out of town, residents of a small northern New Mexico city tried to recapture a sense of normalcy amid predictions of extreme fire conditions.
Firefighting crews were battling to keep the fire in northern New Mexico, the largest fire burning in the U.S., from making another run across the state's drought-parched landscape.
Human-induced climate change fueled one of the most active hurricane seasons on record in 2020, with rainfall totals up to 10% higher than in the pre-industrial era, according to a new study.
That snowfall could offer some reprieve to farmers and ranchers who have been struggling through a punishing drought. Many of them have been teetering on bankruptcy.
Boulder is again under a red flag warning for extreme wildfire danger as powerful winds like those that fanned a destructive blaze in December return to the drought stricken region.
The death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue in South Africa's Durban area. The president blamed climate change for the flooding.
A summer tropical depression unleashed days of pounding rain in the central and southern Philippines. Rescuers were struggling with mud and unstable heaps of earth and debris to find missing people.
The National Weather Service in Little Rock issued a rare tornado warning around 8:15 p.m. local time on Monday for areas north of the state's capital and most populous city.
In the West, ski resorts are banking on a Spring Break surge after a rough winter of prolonged drought, labor and housing shortages and frustrated customers.
Weather disasters displaced thousands of Americans in 2021. In one Tennessee town, a family decides whether to rebuild or leave for good after a deadly flood sparked by a catastrophic rainfall.
