PHOENIX – As Arizona enters the final month of a bone dry winter, almost half the state is experiencing extreme drought conditions. The U.S. Drought Monitor map for Feb. 11 showed 46.7% of the state, ...

The monsoon can bring dramatic showers and flash flooding to the desert. In a good year, monsoon rain can ease wildfire risks, reduce demand on reservoirs and help wildlife. What it can’t do is pull ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — This winter is on track to go down as one of the driest on record and the drought situation in Arizona is getting worse. While drought and water shortages may be inevitable ...

PHOENIX — The U.S. Drought Monitor recently reported that, for the first time in its nearly 20-year history, none of the contiguous states was showing symptoms of severe or exceptional drought. That ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A new report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that most of Arizona is in some stage of drought. The report shows that 99.34% of the state is currently in a drought. This is ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — With all of the rain last month through the start of October, it’s not shocking that Arizona’s drought has improved. However, the amount of improvement in the short-term drought ...

PHOENIX — Recent rain and snow that has fallen in Arizona is helping to ease the state’s 17-year drought, a climatologist said. “We needed a good winter like this is turning out to be. Winter rain and ...