The 2026 water year has been anything but ordinary. In fact, its snow drought has few parallels in recent history.

Colorado Gov.Jared Polis (D) is activating the state's Drought Task Force for the first time in six years...

The heat wave could further lower water availability in the region, which has seen staggeringly low levels of snowpack this year.

Since 2023, the Nevada Legislature has provided the Desert Research Institute with an annual cloud seeding budget of $600,000, reviving state support for a long-running cloud seeding program that promises to boost snowfall in the driest state in the union.

Learn more about the massive avalanche near Lake Tahoe that killed eight skiers and is exposing how snow droughts and climate change are increasing avalanche risk.

Flaming Gorge Reservoir in the western United States is facing urgent strain as a "snow drought" threatens water supplies across the Colorado River Basin.

A weekslong “snow drought” in Northern California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making it unstable and easily triggered, experts said.

A lack of snow has created a snow drought, triggering the closure of multiple Oregon ski resorts.

Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains is 38 percent of normal levels or below.