The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday updated drought conditions across the state, returning all 62 New York counties to “normal” status. In cooperation with the state’s Drought ...

New York State has officially lifted its drought watch, ending months of dry conditions that had heightened wildfire risks, ...

The city blamed the exceptionally dry conditions for causing hundreds of brush fires, including one in November at Brooklyn’s ...

The Ashokan Reservoir, a source of water for New York City, on Nov. 12, 2024 in Shokan. The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that a statewide drought watch had been lifted ...

New York is the only state in the four-state Delaware River watershed to entirely emerge free from drought conditions.

New York City officially lifted its drought watch on Friday, two months after it first took effect. Mayor Eric Adams said “above-average precipitation” within the past two months, New Yorkers ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday updated drought ... New York State moves from a Drought Watch to Normal conditions.” Drought Region IIA, which includes New York City ...