Deadly floods like those in Texas are rare in California, but climate change-fueled storms could make them more likely, ...

KCCI meteorologist Zane Satre looks at the deadly flash flooding in central Texas and breaks down how it happened, plus the factors that may or may not have contributed to the tragedy.

As climate change increases the frequency of environmental disasters, experts say federal cuts could leave California and ...

More than 90 years after it was created during the Great Depression, Lake Mead provides about 90% of the water supply in Southern Nevada. And while much of the focus is on the lake shrinking, those ...

New Mexico and Arizona typically stand to benefit the most from the North American monsoon, getting anywhere between 10% to ...

An official from Utah, during a Colorado River conference at CU Boulder last month, framed the consideration as a “divorce” ...

NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. — A woman who fell into Nevada County’s South Yuba River last month is still missing, authorities say. Intermittent searches with drones and California Highway Patrol ...

Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions of water vapor in the atmosphere, like a river in the sky. These systems gather ...

As Nevada and its neighbors argue and a deadline looms, the Trump administration has chosen the official who will oversee contentious Colorado River negotiations if approved by the U.S. Senate ...

For the study, the researchers analyzed data from more than 43,000 atmospheric river storms from 122 U.S. West Coast watersheds that occurred between 1980 and 2023. The goal of the study was to ...

Environment Trump ends historic Columbia River deal with tribes, Northwest states on endangered fish Published: Jun. 12, 2025, 5:02 p.m.

Basin was once world’s greatest salmon-producing river system The Columbia River Basin, an area roughly the size of Texas, was once the world’s greatest salmon-producing river system, with at least 16 ...