that nearly all of it is classified as either experiencing extreme or exceptional drought.... The

reached thousands of people including school-going children in drought-stricken northeastern Uganda, the

, respectively, as drought tightened its grip on the region. Water managers in the basin states

SACRAMENTO, Calif.... --California's urban water users and farmers who rely on supplies from state reservoirs will get less than planned this year as fears of a third consecutive dry year become reality, state officials announced Friday. Water agencies that serve 27 million people and 750, 000 acres( 303, 514 hectares) of farmland, will get just 5% of what they've requested this year from state supplies beyond what's needed for critical activities such as drinking and bathing. That's down from

The water is not there, ” Metropolitan Water District spokesperson Rebecca Kimitch said.... Gavin Newsom has asked people to voluntarily reduce their water consumption by 15%, but so far residents have been slow to meet that goal. Several water districts have instituted water conservation measures.... On Tuesday, the board of the East Bay Municipal Utility District voted to reduce water usage by 10% and cap daily usage for some 1.4 million customers in Contra Costa and Alameda counties, includ

LAS VEGAS--Grassy yards would be banned at all new housing and commercial developments in the Las Vegas metro area as officials try to expand water use limitations and the region prepares for a hotter and drier future. The Southern Nevada Water Authority passed resolutions on Monday to prohibit the yards and the use of evaporative cooling machines, also known as “ swamp coolers, ” at the new developments.... Swamp coolers are used by many people instead of traditional air conditioners, but use

A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers

Watson describes the number as" insane", adding that it looks" more clownish than ever" as drought

“ corpse water, ” after a succession of human remains were discovered as Nevada’s drought-stricken Lake

windy weather to contain fires chewing through wilderness and burning homes across drought-stricken