Tag: Droughts
Worsening drought forces state of emergency in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday declared a state of emergency as a worsening drought creeps across the U.S....
California is abnormally dry after low-precipitation winter
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A dry beginning of the year has left most of California abnormally parched and officials are bracing for the possibility...
Heavy rain, floods lash eastern Australia, help with fires
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Heavy rains lashed parts of the wildfire and drought-stricken Australian east coast on Friday, bringing some flooding in Sydney and...
Rare salt formations appear along the Great Salt Lake
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Rare salt formations have been documented for the first time on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, and...
Rare salt formations appear along the Great Salt Lake
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Rare salt formations have been documented for the first time on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, and...
Rare salt formations appear along the Great Salt Lake
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Rare salt formations have been documented for the first time on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, and...
3 dead, dozens injured as Australia wildfires raze homes
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Wildfires razing Australia's drought-stricken east coast have left three people dead and several missing, more than 30 injured and over...
3 dead, dozens injured as Australia wildfires raze homes
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Wildfires razing Australia's drought-stricken east coast have left three people dead and several missing, more than 30 injured and over...
Fire-ravaged forests get help from pine cone collectors
ALONG THE BURNT MESA TRAIL, N.M. (AP) - With snow ready to fall, the scramble was on to collect as many ponderosa pine cones...
Climate change making stronger El Ninos, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Climate change is making stronger El Ninos, which change weather worldwide and heat up an already warming planet, a new study...
