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Arizona experienced one of its driest years in decades, leaving much of the state in drought. But the monsoon has its limits.
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona remains drier than normal, even with rain falling over the past few months. The weekly report ...
About 75% of Arizona is in drought right now, ranging from moderate, severe, extreme and exceptional levels, a decrease from last year when nearly 100% of the state experienced drought, according ...
PHOENIX — A state of emergency has been declared at the San Carlos Apache Tribe reservation due to drought conditions, ...
As Colorado River states race to finish a deal, water users face a resource altered by drought and climate change.
Drought will continue into the spring months across Arizona, increasing wildfire risk and stress on water resources and agriculture, according to a new forecast by the National Oceanic and ...
In Arizona, where a state drought declaration has been in effect every year since 1999, officials have warned of the potential for especially severe wildfires this year.
Winter 2022-2023 brought record snowfall to Arizona's high country and above-average rainfall across much of the region. The drought-weary state may have breathed a sigh of relief as snowmelt ...
(CN) — Amid an unusually wet winter, Arizona may be better off than other Southwest states as it continues to battle a 23-year drought. Data gathered by the National Drought Mitigation Center shows ...
Arizona Drought Talks In Crisis As CAP Devises Controversial New Proposal. No one wants to budge, as farmers, tribes, and cities try to protect their own interests.
NPR's Asma Khalid talks with Nancy Caywood, a 3rd generation Arizona farmer, about on-going drought and the effect newly announced water cutbacks will have on the future of her farm.
Note that from late 2020 into part of 2021, a much larger percentage of Arizona was in “exceptional drought.” That number actually made it up to 76% in December 2020.