A drought developed in the Western, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States in the summer of 2020. Similar conditions started in other states in August 2020, including Iowa, Nebraska and certain pa
A grass fire being controlled by firefighters in Nuevo León, México, during the drought
A grassfire in Nuevo León, México, also during the drought
Western fires 2020
The United States' contiguous western and especially southwestern region has experienced widespread drought since about year 2000. Below normal precipitation leads to drought, and is caused by an abov
2020–2023 North American drought
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A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936. Photo: Arthur Rothstein.
A typical dry lakebed is seen in California in 2009, which is experiencing its worst megadrought in 1,200 years, precipitated by climate change, and is therefore rationing water.
Folsom Lake reservoir during the California drought in 2015