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Heat Wave Triggers Early Melt as Lake Powell Runoff Forecast Is Cut Again

Forecasters now peg April–July inflows to Lake Powell at 1.75 million acre-feet, a cut tied to record-low Colorado snowpack.

Polis Activates Colorado Drought Task Force, Moves State to Phase 2

Heat Wave Devours Sierra Snowpack as California Struggles to Capture Runoff

Xcel Prepares Possible Power Shutoffs Saturday for Boulder and Jefferson Counties

Science Study Shows Rapid Evolution Helped Wildflower Survive California Megadrought

U.S. Posts Second-Warmest Winter as February Runs Warm and Dry, NOAA Reports

Somalia Hunger Crisis Swells to 6.5 Million, U.N.-Backed Analysis Finds

WFP Warns Somalia Food Aid Could Stop by April Without $95 Million

Africa’s Rebound Centers on Nigeria and South Africa as IMF Sees 2026 Growth Beating Asia

Colorado River States Miss U.S. Deadline, Setting Stage for Federal Action

Study Finds Drought, Not Prey Loss, Drove Abandonment of Montana Bison Kill Site 1,100 Years Ago

Kenya’s Drought Deepens: Over 2 Million Hungry as Livestock Die and Mandera Hits ‘Alarm’

West’s Snowpack Hits Record Lows as Forecasts Slash Lake Powell Inflows

Morocco Evacuates 143,000 as Torrential Rains and Dam Releases Flood the North

Colorado River States Eye Short-Term Deal as Feb. 14 Target Nears With No Agreement

Colorado River Governors Report Progress but No Deal as Feb. 14 Deadline Nears

Record Argentine Wheat Harvest Collides With Baking-Quality Shortfall

Deep Freeze Sidelined New Quebec Power Line as New England Burned Oil

Western Cape Seeks Provincial Disaster Status for Fires and Water Shortages

Chile Wildfires Kill 21 as Arrests Mount and Crews Gain Ground