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

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 ...

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

according to the Drought Monitor. The Colorado River Basin includes all of Arizona and parts of Colorado, California, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Nevada. The parts of the basin in drought include ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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