Significant rainfall helped ease drought in parts of the central part of the country, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

How is the map we use for drought created? Well, that data is pulled directly from the Drought Monitor website.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The rain from Monday's storm is not expected to have a significant impact on California's statewide drought crisis, experts say. RELATED: NOAA winter forecast predicts drought ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- In just one week, California's drought has gone from bad to worse. The latest map released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor illustrates the increase when compared to a map ...

One of the latest wildfires to burn is known as the Pyrite Fire in the Jurupa Valley between Los Angeles and Riverside. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but the blaze did trigger ...

Just days after the last round of heavy rain, more wet weather is on the way to the West, especially California; there is ...

California: Significant portions of the state remain in severe to extreme drought, especially inland valleys and southern regions. The latest drought monitor shows that while most of the U.S. is ...

NOAA is predicting a La Niña winter for California, which typically means drier and warmer conditions. But not always.

Washington and parts of Oregon and Idaho should receive above-normal amounts of rain in October through December, bringing ...

Widespread moderate drought has developed recently in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast. And the West faces even more ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There's no rain in the seven-day forecast and we need it, says ABC7 News Meteorologist Mike Nicco. "We are sliding into our rain season and that means each day we go without ...

For the first time since Dec. 20, 2011, the state of California is not in a drought, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center. RELATED: Bay Area officially out of drought According to ...