The Connecticut River Valley region was elevated to Critical Drought status. Here’s what that means for Amherst residents.

Analysis - Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large ...

Twenty wildfires are still running rampant through Massachusetts despite the state recently receiving over an inch of rain, ...

The water restriction comes on the heels of the state declaring "Significant Drought" status for nearly every city and town in southeastern ... 3-Critical Drought. The Cape and Islands Regions ...

Consistent with a statewide directive, the city is prohibiting nonessential outdoor water uses, namely sprinkler systems, due ...

Cape Town has been in the news a lot over the past year — but sadly, for all the wrong reasons. The city is battling an unprecedented water crisis, thanks to a rare drought that has resulted in ...

Rain overnight Sunday into Monday morning added some water, but not nearly enough to reduce the drought. Cape May County saw ...

Five towns in Massachusetts have declared a state of emergency because of fires raging across the region.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$ 3.6 million contribution (over 58.3 million Ghanaian cedis) from the United States, and the United Kingdom to provide emergency food and ...

Wildfires continued to burn throughout Massachusetts this week, injuring firefighters and negatively impacting air quality in ...

A major brush fire erupted at Blue Hills Reservation on Monday night, and crews continued to battle the blaze Tuesday. The ...

But, the City of Cape Town’s mayoral committee member for water and sanitation, Councillor Ziahid Badroodien said it had always had a water tariff before the drought, but, the fixed basic charge ...