This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... a combination of overuse and worsening drought. Side-by-side satellite images reveal the shocking toll.

The Federation drought affected almost all of Australia and is widely considered the most destructive in our recorded history ...

NEWS: Severe drought resulted in the past three months ... This film supports the KS3 geography curriculum by investigating our changing climate and how human and physical processes interact ...

This means that a desert would not be considered in drought unless it had less rainfall than normal, for a long period of time. Droughts can last from weeks to months and even years. Why are some ...

The drought severity has stayed the same across ... "The event in January produced stronger winds over a greater geographic area. Today, the winds are not quite as widespread as they were for ...

YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. - The Yakima Basin is bracing for a possible third consecutive year of drought, a situation not seen ...