SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor is asking citizens to pray for rain this weekend to relieve the state from its drought. Gov. Spencer Cox released a statement Thursday calling on Utah citizens to pray for divine intervention as an excessive heat warning has been issued for areas of […]
LEHI, Utah (AP) — City leaders in Lehi are warning residents they could be fined if they don’t adhere to new drought restrictions that prohibit watering lawns on consecutive days. KUTV-TV reported Tuesday that Lehi public works director Dave Norman says residents who violate the order will be given a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Water levels at Utah’s reservoirs are lower than normal after a bad year for snowpack, and Gov. Spencer Cox is warning severe drought conditions could trigger water and fire restrictions and a possible ban on fireworks this year. Cox said Thursday at his monthly news […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A set of guidelines for managing the Colorado River helped seven Western states through a dry spell. But the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says it’s not enough to keep key reservoirs from plummeting amid persistent drought and climate change. Millions of people in seven states and […]
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Models released by the U.S. government suggest a future with less water may arrive sooner than previously projected for the seven states that rely on the Colorado River. After a relatively dry summer, government scientists project Lake Powell and Lake Mead are 12% more likely […]
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — A new study finds that much of the western United States is baking in what scientists call an emerging megadrought. Thursday’s study in the journal Science blames almost half the problem on man-made global warming, which scientists say is only getting worse. Multi-decade deep droughts happen […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Drought has yet to give up its hold over parts of the southwestern United States despite a series of storms that have brought rain and snow to the region in recent weeks. The latest federal map shows a pocket of moderate and severe drought centered over […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — St. George is experiencing a record dry spell as the city in southern Utah hits 122 days without rain. The Spectrum reports weather officials said St. George broke the record on Thursday. According to the National Weather Service the previous record was set at 121 […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has rescinded an emergency drought order nearly a year after it went into effect. The Daily Herald reports that persistent rain and snowfall this year have gradually put an end to statewide severe drought conditions. Almost 99 percent of Utah was experiencing […]
DENVER (AP) — A welcome surge of melting snow is pouring out of the Rocky Mountains and into the drought-stricken rivers of the southwestern U.S. Enough snow fell last winter to delay a water shortage in the region, but the runoff is threatening to push some streams over their banks. […]
