Long before Lake Mead became a symbol of drought and decline, its cliffs echoed with the roar of trains carrying materials to build the Hoover Dam. The Historic Railroad Trail follows those abandoned ...

The reconstruction of a 1906 dam that serves Yuba Reservoir won a national award from the Association of State Dam Safety ...

Because of shifting storms and sweltering summers, Iran’s capital faces a future “Day Zero” when the taps run dry.

Drowned valleys and fenced deserts hide drowned towns traded for dams and nuclear tests, where progress left streets and ...

The Hoover Reservoir is low this fall, but it's not a historic low and the region still has plenty of drinking water, per ...

Lawrence "Mitch" Davidson says it's been three years since he's seen the dam near his house reach such low water levels as he has during this drought. That was only for a week. This has been for ...

Major storms that soaked much of California in recent weeks sharply diminished drought conditions in the state. The United States Drought Monitor map, a joint project between multiple government ...

Satellite images of key lakes and reservoirs across Iran reveal the extent of the country's crippling drought crisis. New photos show how water levels have dropped dramatically compared to images ...

On any given day a torrent of water gushes from the base of the Bartlett Dam in Central Arizona — enough to fill a backyard swimming pool within seconds. Don McMillan oversees it all as a dam keeper ...

Persistent drought has stressed popular fisheries in southeastern and eastern Idaho, setting up tougher trout fishing in 2026. Despite adequate high-elevation snowpack last winter, warm valley ...

The man-made basin serves water to about 20 million residents in the west. — -- The water levels in Lake Mead, the man-made reservoir that serves about 20 million residents in Nevada, Arizona and ...