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Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a deal to significantly cut their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years.

Human remains found at diminished Lake Mead in Nevada have been identified as those of 52-year-old Claude Russell Pensinger, of Las Vegas, who disappeared in 1998, Clark County said in a statement Wednesday.

Some of Venice’s secondary canals have practically dried up due a prolonged spell of low tides linked to a lingering high-pressure weather system.

America’s onslaught of mega costly weather disasters remains stuck in high gear.

The Doheny Ocean Desalination Project in Southern California could be functioning within the next five years and supply water for thousands of people.

At Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas, severe drought has created a rare opportunity for researchers and visitors — the chance to see and study exposed dinosaur tracks that are usually concealed under riverwater.

A drought that has turned vast swaths of the American West into a tinderbox has unveiled a discovery in Texas — dinosaur tracks. The prints were mostly left by the Acrocanthosaurus — a theropod that stood 15 feet, weighed 7 tons and roamed the area 113 million years ago. They emerged in recent weeks as the Paluxy River dried up almost entirely…

Dinosaur tracks at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose have emerged after weeks of drought.

China plans to use a method called “cloud seeding” to increase rain in areas affected by a record-setting drought.

Jacob’s Well, a popular Central Texas spring enjoyed by swimmers, is running dry.

In January 2018, after a historic 3 year drought, Cape Town officials announced that the South African capital was just 90 days from “Day Zero,” at which point it would run out of water. The city was spared from disaster, in part thanks to a massive water conservation campaign. What can the U.S., which is now facing its own historic...

The water levels are now at their lowest since 1937, when the lake was first being filled.

For the second year in a row, the United States is selling water to Nogales, Sonora, as the region grapples with a severe drought.

The last time a drought of this magnitude hit the American west, it was 800 A.D. Charlemagne was reigning as Holy Roman Emperor over in Europe. NBCLX climate storyteller Chase Cain shows you how climate change led to the current “megadrought” and how it is impacting farmers.

More than 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, but only 0.5% it is actually accessible to us. Removing salt from ocean water, known as desalination, can create drinkable water during a time of extreme drought and soaring demand. So what’s the problem?

A new U.N. report found that Americans can expect to see more wildfires in western states as a result of warming global temperatures.

Since 2000, Western states, including California and Oregon, have been experiencing a climate change-driven megadrought, the driest in 1,200 years. The lack of water has led to tension between Indigenous and farming communities. The Yurok Tribe, the largest federally recognized tribe in California, relies on coho salmon, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, to survive, while farmers have...

It’s been a long 2021 and it’s drawing to a close. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest local stories around Southern California from this past year.