Drought

In the 1930s, the United States was suffering from the most severe drought in its history, the "Dust Bowl." And be prepared to bite the...

A historic megadrought is parching the American West. And with global temperatures only set to rise further, the emerging crisis is now thought to...

California needs rain, and they need it bad. How bad? Just have a look at the GIF below. OMG! The ongoing California drought has...

This is really an amazing moment. Imagine a dry river bed in the remote desert of Negev, Israel, suddenly filling up with water after years...

Manila has been hit by its worst water shortage in years, leaving bucket-bearing families to wait hours to fill up from tanker trucks and...

Back in 2009, an unprecedented water level decrease of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers has left the rural population at the mercy of heat,...

Oregon’s only saltwater lake is disappearing, and scientists don't know why An environmental mystery is taking place at Lake Abert. Scientists are baffled as they...

Massive dust storm engulfs Phoenix Valley on July 25, 2014. Yesterday, a MASSIVE dust storm, or haboob, has swept across Phoenix, Arizona. This giant wall of...

Extreme drought in California have baffling consequences. Ghost gold rush town Mormon Island emerges from dried Folsom Lake! WOW! Record Driest Year in California! Since 1955,...

Castaic Lake, the largest water project reservoir in California, is popular with local residents for boating, kayaking and other aquatic activities, but it also...

UCLA geyser and floodings in Los Angeles. Ironic! As a historic and extreme drought dries up California, a water main breaks and floods parts of...

Considered as the second largest lake of Bolivia, after Lake Titicaca, Poopó has virtually disappeared. This lake, formely home of multitude of endemic species, is...

Dozens of crocodiles and fish die every day due to the disappearing water in Rio Pilcomayo, Paraguay. And the drought situation will only reverse in...

Water restrictions for you, and endless supply for them. A foreign corporate giant is snapping up 89 BILLION liters of Australia's water as the country...

The Meadow Fire! It's terrible to say but these Yosemite National Park wildfire photos are beautiful! Watch the flames burning overnight near Half Dome in...

This is pretty unexpected! The Napa Quake released torrents of groundwater and thus may help ease the region's drought. Indeed, the massive tremor forced groundwater...

The water level of Lake mead is shrinking fast. But reveals some underwater treasures. The drought in the West is hurting Nevada's Lake Mead in the...

The weird weather continues battling the US. While flash floods engulfed Flint, Michigan and over 3 inches of rain flooded Boston, Massachusetts, 12% of Montana...

While North America's east coast is experiencing dramatic low temperatures, Australia's heatwave is so hot it's causing the roads to MELT. The Bureau of...

MONTHS of drought have left the Rhine river and the Danube river at a record low, dealing a blow to the economy and exposing...

This is the worst drought hitting Brazil in decades! It is even threatening water supplies to the country's biggest city, Sao Paolo. It is the worst...

Every five or so years, it rips me apart to watch the same tragedy: a La Niña weather cycle brings devastating drought and hunger...

A derecho's hurricane-force winds slammed through about half of Chad West's 4,500 acres of corn and soybeans Aug. 10. Now, the drought is burning up the rest...

An enormous and wild dust storm has engulfed Bedourie, a small town in Queensland, Australia. The sand storm was so intense that it turned the...

Many citizens are resigning themselves to dry dams and a complete shutdown of their taps in Cape Town, South Africa. But, as we’ve seen...

Today, thousands of fish lay dead in what used to be Mountain Meadows Reservoir, also known as Walker Lake. And how this popular fish pond...

And suddenly a lost Spanish town has emerged from the deep. Old ruins of Mansilla de la Sierra normally hidden beneath waters of a massive...

There’s a chance water levels in the two largest man-made reservoirs in the United States could dip to critically low levels by 2025, jeopardizing...

Rattlesnakes invade California homes. Rattlesnakes love heat and arid places. Due to the extreme drought rattlesnakes move closer to Northern California neighborhoods. Scary! Rattlesnakes are moving...

The water level at Lake Mead hit its lowest point of elevation at 1,079 feet on May 1 2015. It is dropping one foot a...

Besides the extreme drought, The Meadow fire is one of the most tragic natural disasters sweeping across California these days. And this timelapse video of...

If you think it is too hot where you live, then don't travel to Death Valley! On Sunday, June 8, 2014 an amazing 120°F...

111 horses have died on tribal land in northern Arizona, apparently after getting trapped in a muddy stock pond over the past week. Photos...

There is a new 200-foot long mystery island in the middle of Pinto Lake, California since March 10, 2016. This mysterious piece of wetland broke off during extreme...

A severe drought is plaguing east China's Anhui Province, leaving crops damaged and drinking water supplies disrupted. A total of 45 cities and counties have...

A 16th century ancient Mexican church has re-emerged from a reservoir in Mexico due to lack of rain. The ruins of the colonial church re-appeared...

Have you ever sighted a firenado? Yes, you know, a tornado of fire? A so-called “firenado”, with the appearance of a tornado on fire, was...

It is so hot in Santiago de Chile that the Costanera Center - the tallest building in Latin America - is literally melting down! A pretty cool...

Suddenly what was once thought to be a problem confined to the third world has arrived in southern Europe. The Douro River is 60 percent...