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Rating agency S&P said a heating property market was a threat to the New Zealand economy.

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The prolonged drought in the Southwest is beginning to affect New Mexican onion crops by concentrating salt in ground water.

The record heat and drought from last year pushed Lake Michigan to its lowest level on record.

Officials will set more than 14,000 gypsy moth traps across Minnesota this spring as part of the state's annual monitoring program for the destructive tree pest.

Thirty-three people have died and 12 others were reported missing in the latest round of rain- and hailstorms that have swept south China, the country's civil affairs and disaster reduction authorities said Thursday.

JIM RYDBOM/jrydbom@greeleytribune.com Greeley City Council member Donna Sapienza works on a drawing while at her Greeley home this week.

Photo of a ranch in Pleasant Valley with a nearby ditch to supply it with water.

Drought woes have eased in the Midwest after a wet spring, but the far West, California in particular, are facing continued dry conditions.

Such native plants as coast live oak, valley oak, toyon, flannel bush, Western redbud and California lilac are among the most resilient of plants as the weather gets dry and warm after spring.

This chart depicts an analysis of drought severity in New Mexico. The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced in partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

President Hifikepunye Pohamba is expected to officially declare a state of emergency for the drought situation currently ravaging Namibia, says Prime Minister Hage Geingob.

City officials declared at their May 7 council meeting that Kyle was under Stage II drought management restrictions effective immediately.

A Charlottetown hotel that went through a city water audit expects to save thousands of dollars, while the city gets to cut back on its water use.

My yard is brown. And crunchy. Dust flies up around me like a mini tornado on the rare occasion that I feel it necessary to mow.

The U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction warned in the 246-page report that economic losses from floods, earthquakes and drought will continue to escalate unless businesses take action to reduce their exposure to disaster risks.

Georgia officials will lead a project testing whether water stored underground can be used to supplement drought-stricken waterways after the local agency managing the project pulled out, state officials said Wednesday.

Small ants carry their eggs at a certain time of the year, usually in the middle of May.

Texas High Plains cotton producers face a plethora of weather and pest problems as they finish planting the 2013 crop.