Rick Ravanello was trapped on his front porch the night Tropical Storm Hilary flooded his street in Cathedral City with an unprecedented amount of water and mud. Horizon Road, located in the city’s ...

No time is a good time for a tropical storm to dump a year’s worth of rain on the Coachella Valley in just 48 hours. But August might be the least-disruptive time for such a weather disaster to hit ...

Deserts often look empty and lifeless, with dry land, strong sun, and very little water. Still, people have lived in these regions for centuries, which means food has always existed there in some form ...