Colorado River Climatologists say a dry spell devastating almost all of America is starting to worry the weather community during what is one of the worst droughts in recent years. The federal agency that investigates dry weather, the US Drought Monitor, says that more than half of the continental United States are experiencing “abnormally dry” conditions, which have so far proven to be the worst... 

A recent study has suggested that the conditions caused by a mild drought might have been the reason for the collapse of the Mayan civilization. The research published in the journal Nature says a continuous 25 to 40 percent drop in rainfall reduced water supplies in the homeland of the ancient Maya civilization located in what is now southern Mexico and Guatemala. Researchers at the Yucatan Centre... 

A child of a salt pan worker plays on the parched dry bed in the Khadaghoda Sector in the Little Rann of Kutch. Devastated by one of the worst droughts in decades, farming does not get much tougher than in India where thousands left with poor harvests and big debts have been driven to take their own lives. ­Sadly, the government has turned a blind eye to the growing problem. The farmlands in Telangana... 

In Texas there is a 100 year drought. Over 3.5 million acres of Texas have burnt, which is larger than the State of Conn. There have been massive fires in Bastrop, Grimes, Waller, and Montgomery Counties. Over 2,00 homes in the Bastrop area have been burnt and thousands faced forced evacuation. Ranchers are being forced to sell their cattle and horses. There will be several billion dollar agricultural...