A Weather Report

Eight members of the Midwestern Governors Association have signed a letter pressing congressional leaders to pass comprehensive drought aid.

The spark of a train is the suspected cause of a wildfire near Eveleth on Tuesday, one of several wildfires reported in recent days as the Northland remains gripped in drought.
The fire was east of St. Louis County Highway 7 and had burned about 60 to 80 acres of brush and woods by Tuesday evening, officials from the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids reported.

Southern Alberta could be returning to the dust-bowl conditions of the 1930s if action isn't taken to ease the strain on the Bow and Oldman rivers, an international water expert warned Wednesday.

(9/06/06 - KTRK/HOUSTON) - It's a crisis for farmers and ranchers in Waller County. They haven't seen a good amount of rain in a good while, and right now, business is bad.

At least one million people have lost their homes to floods in eastern India, but the government's relief effort is slow and inadequate, voluntary groups said on Wednesday.