Drought and rising sea levels allow saltwater to creep closer to drinking water supplies for over 14 million residents in New ...

About two inches were forecast to fall through Saturday. Officials say it won’t be enough to fully replenish the city’s ...

Amid an unprecedented uptick in brush fires and a drought warning, it's raining in New York City for the first time in weeks.

After an incredibly dry summer St. Lawrence County has been placed under a drought watch by Governor Kathy Hochul. While St.

Nearly all of the U.S. is facing drought, with Kentucky becoming the 49th state to enter drought in November, due to a ...

The rain that dampened New York City this past weekend was welcome but did not affect upstate reservoirs enough to lift the ongoing drought warning in place for the five ...

Jackie Bray, New York state Commissioner of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, joined WNYC for an update.

The northeastern US has suffered its worst November drought since 2016, prompting wildfires across the region and pushing New ...

The reservoir, named for the former First Lady, was decommissioned in 1993 in part because of algae contamination concerns, ...

A watch is the first of three levels of New York City drought advisories, followed by warning, and emergency. It’s declared when a drought is first developing. Other water-saving tips called for ...

We usually see them out west, but several parts of the tristate area battled a series of wildfires. Just recently, New York ...