drought

The water in the Ogallala aquifer is worth billions of dollars to western Kansas, but it’s rapidly disappearing. And it's been a challenge to find ways to slow the depletion.

Sheri Glazier is used to seeing dry conditions on the family farm in central Oklahoma around wheat harvesting time in June. But this year, the heat came...

Kansans can expect rising temperatures and more extreme flooding in the future, according to the latest National Climate Assessment.Kansas has always…

Kansas' long drought is fading.Drought covered more than 80 percent of Kansas in April. Now the National Weather Service says most of the state is…

Wheat producers in Kansas are worried about the potential for freeze damage after temperatures stayed below freezing for much of the weekend.While it’s…

Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer has declared a drought emergency, warning or watch across the entire state.Colyer signed an executive order Tuesday following…

The latest drought report shows that all of Kansas is drying out, with the southern parts of the state now being considered in extreme drought.But what…

Every county in Kansas is officially drought free for the first time since April of 2011. Gov. Brownback made the declaration in an executive order this…

The month of March was short on moisture, and now drought is creeping across much of Kansas.Assistant State Climatologist Mary Knapp says March is…

Recent rains have eased drought conditions in many areas in the state, leading Gov. Sam Brownback to update the Drought Declaration for Kansas…