Texas Wildfire Season Hits 1 Year Mark November 17, 2011 By ANGELA K. BROWN The devastating Texas wildfire season reaches the one-year mark on Tuesday, and there appears to be no end in sight...
USDA Declares 44 Illinois Counties Disaster Areas November 3, 2011 Summer’s drought and excessive heat have led the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare 44 Illinois counties natural disaster areas....
More Dust Storms Expected as Texas Drought Lingers October 24, 2011 By BETSY BLANEY The towering wall of billowing red dust roaring across the blue West Texas sky took Monroe Debusk back more than...
NOAA: ‘Wild Card’ May Affect Another La Niña Winter October 20, 2011 The Southern Plains should prepare for continued drier and warmer than average weather, while the Pacific Northwest is likely to...
Drought, Flooding Cause Hard Times for Farmers in Arkansas, Louisiana October 20, 2011 In a year when severe drought scorched the Southwest, a hurricane drowned crops in the East, and river flooding swamped...
Heavy Rain Not Enough to Break Oklahoma Drought October 12, 2011 By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS The heavy rain that fell this weekend on parts of western and central Oklahoma offered some hope for farmers and...
Disasters in US: An Extreme and Exhausting Year September 6, 2011 By SETH BORENSTEIN Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes. Unprecedented triple-digit heat and devastating drought. Deadly tornadoes leveling towns....
8 More Colorado Counties Declared Disaster Areas August 4, 2011 Eight more Colorado counties have been declared natural disaster areas because of drought and a freeze. Colorado Sen. Mark Udall’s...
USDA Declares Disaster for 74 Oklahoma Counties July 29, 2011 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a disaster declaration for 74 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. Gov. Mary Fallin said...
Record 236 Texas Counties Ban Outdoor Burning July 1, 2011 The record number of Texas counties with outdoor burn bans has reached 236 as the drought continues. A Texas Forest...