Lake Oroville hit capacity for the third year in a row this spring, marking a first-ever milestone for the lake.

As the amount of water in the Colorado River shrinks, more farms and cities are turning to groundwater, which is less ...

An official says at least 88 people have been confirmed dead after floods submerged Mokwa, a market town in Nigeria’s Niger State on Thursday ...

NASA’s SWOT satellite has measured large river waves for the first time, which were found to be caused by extreme rainfall ...

André Lemire said he was woken up early Wednesday morning by his partner, who had heard ominous noises outside the farm where ...

California's largest coastal cities reported rises in sea level that could threaten the state's infrastructure if left ...

Researchers have used data from the NASA-French Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to detect and analyze ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden ...

Two months after deadly wildfires razed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, Cal Fire has released a new map showing fire hazard severity zones for the entire state. The maps were developed ...

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on Monday morning, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire ...

California’s 80-year-old system of canals – the State Water Project and the federally financed Central Valley Water Project — stitch together an audacious hydrological network that comprises 1,200 ...

Nicholas Pinter, a UC Davis professor who studies California’s levees and water system, described the action as “hydrologic insanity.” “The volume they were initially starting to release ...