U.S. Drought Monitor

Certain workers in Alabama’s farming industry are eligible for assistance to help recover losses from drought during the state’s recent agricultural year.

ATLANTA (AP) — More than 45 million people across 14 Southern states are now in the midst of what’s being called a “flash drought” that’s cracking farm…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Weeks of dry, hot weather have plunged the Deep South further into a drought that's affecting more than 11 million people and…

A new report shows that widespread rain is gradually relieving the Deep South's ongoing drought, leaving only a handful of counties in Alabama and Georgia…

A new report shows that a choking drought is spreading southward across Alabama.Federal statistics show nearly 90 percent of the state is now in a severe…

Authorities say extreme drought conditions are persisting in some Alabama counties. Alabama Public Radio’s Stan Ingold has more.Severe and moderate…

State lawyers are hoping to set a date for the execution of a death row inmate who unsuccessfully challenged Alabama's lethal injection method as…