Flash droughts can pull 'alarming' amounts of moisture from the landscape and intensify wildfires

When catastrophic wildfires capture global headlines, such as the unprecedented blazes sweeping through southern Europe this ...
The Conversation

Three types of drought – and why there’s no such thing as a global water crisis

Hosepipe bans have been announced in parts of England this summer. Following the driest spring in over a century, the Environment Agency has issued a medium drought risk warning, and Yorkshire Water ...
Phys.org

Triple whammy: How 3 types of drought crippled southern Australia this year

Soaking mid-winter rains have brought some relief to drought-stricken farms and rural towns across southern Australia, but the crisis is not over yet. And there's more to this challenging episode than ...

A rollercoaster of weather extremes: drought and heatwaves are creating UK’s climate whiplash

The UK is bouncing from one type of extreme weather to another this year. This is climate whiplash. Caused by changes in the ...
WGBH

Why Massachusetts is still in a drought

Mark Herz: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. Drought conditions are persisting across Massachusetts and the Northeast. To learn more, GBH Meteorologist Dave Epstein sat down with Vandana Rao, Director of ...
Forbes

Where Are April Showers? Nearly Half Of U.S. Population In Drought

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Much of the contiguous United States is under drought conditions as of April 16, 2026.

Flash droughts pull 'alarming' amounts of moisture from the landscape and intensify wildfires: new research

When catastrophic wildfires capture global headlines, such as the unprecedented blazes sweeping through southern Europe this summer or the devastating 2019–20 “Black Summer” in Australia, they are ...