Extreme heat warnings were in effect for parts of California, Arizona, and Nevada from the National Weather Service.

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These 30 stunning photos of national parks in full bloom ... of water and food in the car is a must as you drive to Badwater ...

"I could never live there," you'll hear them say. "Three days is all I need."That's a common Midwesterner's take on Las Vegas ...

NorthWestern Energy said Wednesday the company is navigating an expected challenging water year in the Madison River Basin. Jo Dee Black, a company spokesperson, said last year’s dry summer and fall ...

Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...

“The picture of what’s happening is pretty ... But this winter has been relatively dry and in some parts of the basin snowpack has been around record lows. Lake Powell and Lake Mead are ...

“It takes hundreds and hundreds of years for the water that falls on a mountain to make its way down to a basin for withdrawal. A single dry year doesn ... down into Badwater Basin in Death ...

Runoff in the upper Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 700,000 acre-feet during November, 66% of average. The 2021 calendar year runoff forecast is 15 million acre-feet, 58% of average.

Spurs rang with military harshness on broad carpetless stairs, and riding crops were hooked everywhere on picture frames ... All along the rectangular basin dry white tiles glittered hotly ...