The 159-day drought streak is over, but now it's back to dry and warm for metro Phoenix. Here's what you should expect.

For the evening, expect some clouds and light winds, but it will stay dry. Overnight temperatures will dip into the upper 40s and low 50s, with a warm-up coming Sunday morning.

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned ...

Watching the wildfires devastate a major U.S. city has many of us wondering: Could it happen here? Research shows our ...

Nearly 99% of the county is affected by the drought, and it recorded its eighth-driest December in the past 130 years. Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun.

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran ...

Global warming is increasing the incidence of drought, which dries up water holes. Higher temperatures may produce an increasing number of wildfires that alter desert landscapes by eliminating ...

This means that a desert would not be considered in drought unless it had less rainfall than normal, for a long period of time. Droughts can last from weeks to months and even years. Why are some ...

This means that a desert would not be considered in drought unless it had less rainfall than normal, for a long period of time. Droughts can last from weeks to months and even years.