Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. Roosevelt signs the ...

Nearly half of the continental United States is currently ... Stacker cited data from the U.S. Drought Monitor to identify the counties in Mississippi with the worst droughts as of October 24 ...

May 20, 2013, marks the last time the United States was hit by the worst ... The past 11 years is the longest “drought” in the worst type of tornadoes since the beginning of official records ...

With lower-than-normal rainfall, forest firefighting crews have responded to far more blazes. One saw flames shooting above 50-foot trees.