Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map, released May 28, 2026, shows minor improvements in drought conditions across much of central ...

Late April and May may have felt rainier than the rest of the year. That's true, mainly because the drought has been building since last fall, but has the recent rain been enough to end it? The short ...

A dry week is in store for Alabama, according to forecasters. Which is not good news considering that most of the state is mired in a drought. The state picked up a little rain over the weekend, with ...

Drought conditions expanded across Alabama in the past week, and it may not be going anywhere anytime soon. The U.S. Drought Monitor released its latest report on drought conditions across the United ...

Florida will see more rounds of rain through Thursday, bringing some much-needed relief to parts of the drought-stricken state. This type of soaking is an unusual feature for the Sunshine State in ...

Summer thunderstorms added a foot of water to Falls Lake between July 6 and 13, 2026, but extreme drought persists across central and eastern North Carolina. Much of central North Carolina is in an ...

It's going to be a wet weekend in Georgia, but one that is desperately needed across the state. Georgia is undergoing one of the worst spring droughts in history, and while much of the state is ...

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, almost the entire state of Georgia is experiencing drought conditions. Some rain is on the way, but experts say it won't be enough to pull us out of it. Local ...

Were we all thankful for the rain this weekend? Yes! Was it enough to help with the drought. Not really. Other WRAL Top Stories “It took a long time to get into this drought, and it will take a long ...

The storms took down trees and wires, flooded roads, spoiled a World Cup party, and set off a deluge of smartphone panic alerts. But they evidently didn’t come close to erasing the rain deficits ...

WEDNESDAY, A BETTER CHANCE FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL RAIN AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY, MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES, MULTIPLE CHANCES. LIKE WE SAID, WE NEED IT. LET’S SEND THINGS OVER TO METEOROLOGIST GRACE LAO.