How can California drown, and still be relying on a half-empty reservoir? It is difficult not to notice the disconnection of a map. The rains which for Los Angeles or spread snow on the Sierra Nevada ...

After a brief reprieve in 2023 and early 2024, a long-simmering water crisis in the West is back with a vengeance amid ebbing water reservoirs, drought and wildfire risks. In fact, according to a ...

Lake Powell is projected to fall below a critical threshold of 3,500 feet in 2026, triggering mandatory federal intervention. This intervention could involve reducing water releases to Lake Mead to ...

Water officials have raised concerns about the water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell, following a disappointing winter snowpack that threatens to stall progress made during last year's wetter-than ...

A formerly sunken boat rests on a now-dry section of lakebed at drought-stricken Lake Mead on May 10. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) The American West is experiencing its driest period in human ...

In May, hydrologists forecasted that spring runoff into Lake Powell would be the lowest in years. A month later, the projections have only gotten worse. The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center ...

Lake Powell is projected to reach a critically low water level by September 2026, triggering mandatory intervention. Reaching the 3,500-foot trigger point at Lake Powell also could significantly ...

Water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead have reached increasingly critical levels, leading to calls for "immediate action" to avert a potential collapse in the Colorado River system's water and ...

The American West is experiencing its driest period in human history, a megadrought that threatens health, agriculture and entire ways of life. DRIED UP is a series of stories examining the dire ...