Heatwaves, which climate change has long made more frequent and taxing in tropical and desert regions, are now becoming more ...

Tropical Storm Hilary’s historic rains are great news for wildflower lovers — if you’re into shy desert blooms like the arcing spikes of fringed amaranth (Amaranthus fimbriatus), pops of ...

Crews worked to dig roads, buildings and care home residents out of the mud across a wide swath of Southwestern U.S. desert Monday, as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 ...

All modes of tropical weather impacts from Hurricane Hilary are expected across California and the Desert Southwest, but the FOX Forecast Center is closely monitoring rainfall rates that could be ...

A tropical storm came to the desert, and migrant farmers faced a new danger. Rafael Nuñez, 29, right, and Isabel Ramirez, 23, work to prop up a piece of roofing to try to divert floodwaters from ...

These include tropical or subtropical plants. Some of these plants grow better in the desert than others. There is a trend of growing plants that take a lot of care to flourish in the desert.

The tropical zone is the portion of Earth's surface located between the Tropic of Cancer at 23.5 degrees north latitude and the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5 degrees south ... Expanding deserts.

About four months after Tropical Storm Hilary dropped several inches of rain and wreaked havoc on parts of the Coachella Valley, the Palm Desert City Council approved a $4.63 million contract for ...

Tropical storms have hit desert The worst — Flood of 1983 — killed 13. By Tom Beal ARIZONA DAILY STAR Sep 18, 2008 Sep 18, 2008; 1 of 7 ...

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Crews in mountain and desert towns worked to clear away mud and debris Tuesday in the aftermath of the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. - Crews worked to dig roads, buildings and care home residents out of the mud across a wide swath of Southwestern U.S. desert Monday, as the first tropical storm to hit ...