Living in the desert, we are able to stretch our plant choices a further than other areas of Arizona, as long as we can provide most of the plants with heavily filtered sun or afternoon shade. The ...

Tropical Storm Mario is expected to bring thunderstorms to Southern California, including the High Desert. The storm, brewing off the western coast of Mexico, should bring monsoon-type weather into ...

A desert rose (Adenium obesum) is, for many, a wistfully nostalgic plant and one that symbolises health, fertility, and good fortune. Its name is something of a red herring, since it's not a rose at ...

Floods in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana this week were caused by a hurricane that came ashore 1,000 miles away. Atlantic storms like Hurricane Ike almost never affect Tucson's weather, though ...

It’s hard to picture now, but long before the Sahara became a sea of sand, it was an actual sea—a shallow, tropical lagoon ...

EL PASO, Texas - An active Pacific basin is sending deep tropical moisture into Mexico and parts of the southwestern United States, creating a heightened risk of flash flooding through the weekend.

As forecasters continue to monitor a disturbance in the Atlantic with the potential to spawn Tropical Storm Gabrielle, meteorologists say the path any potential storm would take will depend on how ...

A serious multi-day flood threat is underway in the Southwest as two former tropical systems turn the typically dry desert into a breeding ground for heavy rain.

The Havasupai Tribe, whose reservation is deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon and is prone to flooding, advised tourists in ...

We're in store for a weather shift to end the work week as we trade our fair fall weather for a more tropical feel. It will be very humid across the county tomorrow with periods of rain and possible ...