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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced on Tuesday that it would increase its State Water Project (SWP) allocation forecast for the coming year after multiple moisture-laden ...

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 ...

FEMA, THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES HELD ITS THIRD SNOW SURVEY OF THE SEASON. IT FOUND THE SIERRA NEEDS MORE SNOW TO MEET THE STATE’S WATER NEEDS. CREWS WENT OUT INTO THE SNOW COVERED MEADOW THIS ...

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 ...

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

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 ...