Meteorologist Taylor Stephenson explains why flash flooding can occur even if an area is experiencing a drought in this ...

But rounds of heavy rain and severe weather over the past week indicate the peak of drought conditions is passing.

In an unprecedented turn of events, regions of the Sahara Desert have been inundated by severe rainstorms. This unusual occurrence, which has caused significant flooding, poses a serious risk to local ...

While it seems odd to be under flood warnings and drought conditions at the same time, that is exactly what is happening in ...

AccuWeather meteorologists say a predominantly dry pattern that has persisted since the summer over the central United States is about to change from mainly dry to a siege of wet weather that may span ...

This slow-moving weather system brought rounds of rain to Indiana Sunday through Election Night Tuesday. Many Hoosiers picked ...

driving fiercer rain events. At the same time, the air pulls more moisture out of the ground and plants, driving drought. In ...

The deadly flooding in Valencia Spain is just the latest in a spate of climate extremes that seem to have shifted into ...

The flooding is some of the worst that Spain has seen in decades ... As the planet heats up for decades to come, droughts and ...

There is growing public anger over the government's handling of the country's deadliest storm in living memory.

Drought followed by torrential rain can unleash deadly floods in arid regions, like those that affected Libya in 2023.

While not enough rain is likely to trigger river flooding or completely erase the widespread nature of drought in the region, some short-term progress in soil moisture can occur. Enough rain may ...