A weekend spring storm that drenched the Bay Area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada. The wet weather ...

Two Northern California counties are expecting up to 15 inches of additional snow through Friday as a winter storm batters the region. The National Weather Service (NWS) for the Sacramento forecast ...

Cold temperatures made a rare visit to the Sierra Nevada mountains in California and left behind snowfall this weekend, according to officials. The middle and higher elevations of Sierra Nevada in ...

A string of early season storms that drenched Californians last week lifted much of the state out of drought and ...

Another round of much appreciated moisture received in several regions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

In Puerto Rico, some minor expansion of areas of Abnormally Dry (D0) were made in the central portion of the island in ...

Update: A newer article on the Fresno County wildfires can be found here. One evacuation order has been lifted as wildfires continue burning in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Fresno County. Related ...

As California's rainy season enters its final stretch, state water managers announced Friday that the vital Sierra Nevada snowpack is just 85% of normal for this time of year. That statewide number ...

Severe droughts are predicted to become more frequent in the future, and the consequences of such droughts on forests can be dramatic, resulting in massive tree mortality, rapid change in forest ...

A Georgia woman who went missing for weeks while hiking in California's Sierra Nevada mountains has been found alive inside a cabin that was inaccessible to vehicles due to the snowpack. The Fresno ...

A hiker paralyzed by a bite in California's Sierra Nevada mountains last week was safely rescued after she was able to relay her location just before her phone died, officials said. The woman had ...