Epic Drought Means Water Crisis on Oregon-California Border April 16, 2021 By Gillian Flaccus PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned...
Nervous North American Farmers Set to ‘Seed in Faith’ Into Parched Soils April 15, 2021 By Rod Nickel and Julie Ingwersen WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO — Fields across the Canadian Prairies and the U.S. Northern Plains are among the driest on record, raising...
Study: Drought-Breaking Rains More Rare, Erratic in US West April 8, 2021 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the US West over the...
Crews Battling Black Hills Wildfires Gaining Control April 1, 2021 NEMO, S.D. (AP) — Firefighters on Tuesday began to gain control of wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota...
Forecasters Say Much of the Dakotas Could Be in for Drought March 1, 2021 By Kim Fundinsgland MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Snowfall in the region earlier this week was a welcome sight, falling on parched ground throughout...
Study: Wildfires Produced Up to Half of Pollution in US West January 13, 2021 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging small particle air pollution in the...
California Utility Cuts Power as Strong Winds Pummel State December 7, 2020 By Will Wade Southern California residents are starting off the week in the dark as near-hurricane-force winds batter the state, whipping the flames...
California Girds For Most Dangerous Fire Weather of Year October 26, 2020 By Olga R. Rodriguez and Christopher Weber SAN FRANCISCO — California, which has endured its worst wildfire season in history, is bracing for the most dangerous winds...
Floods, Drought Are Destroying Crops and Sparking Food Inflation October 23, 2020 By Fabiana Batista, Agnieszka de Sousa and Mai Ngoc Chau Wild weather is wreaking havoc on crops around the world, sending their prices skyrocketing. On wheat farms in the U.S....
Maine Blueberry Industry Reels From Drought, Frost, Virus September 21, 2020 By Patrick Whittle PORTLAND, Maine — A late spring frost, a devastating drought and labor troubles wrought by the coronavirus pandemic conspired to...