"2025 has been the year of the flood," said WPLG-TV meteorologist Michael Lowry in a July 15 email to USA TODAY. "The tragic ...

SEATTLE — It wasn’t too many months ago, during a dry spell, when civic leaders here warned of a possible drought in 2006. The city’s drinking supply could run out, they said. Lawns could ...

As I write this, rain is rattling off my window in Times Square. It’s a familiar sound in this, the wettest 12-month period for the U.S. on record. I’m as sick of it as you are.

Q: I have a question for you. Is it always raining in some part of the world every day? – Olivia, age 10, Rocklin Yes. Thanks to the Earth’s water cycle, it is always raining in some part of ...

"If someone says it's raining and another person says it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both," goes a quote often attributed to journalism professor Jonathan Foster."Your job is to look ...

As we move into summer, southern Australia is likely to see less rain as the ridge of high pressure makes its way down. This happens every year and doesn't guarantee no rain, but it is the reason ...

(CNN)-- It's raining plastic -- that's what a survey of rainfall in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, concluded recently.Researchers found plastic showed up in 90% of the samples, mostly in fiber form ...

While it is snowing less, it is raining more. We see nearly 3" more of precipitation per year in the Tri-Cities. March exhibited the largest increase in monthly precipitation, seeing about 0.52" more.