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In the past 21 years, about $2.1 billion in drought insurance payments went to Oklahoma farmers, according to a new study from the Environmental Working Group.

The National Weather Service in Norman is into its second consecutive week of issuing heat advisories for the state. High temperatures are made more intense by humidity and heat bursts that usually occur in the spring are persisting this month.

July has been far wetter than normal in central Oklahoma, providing mosquitoes with an abundance of breeding sites.

After most of the state received days of heavy rainfall, Oklahoma’s drought report looks refreshing. Only a quarter of the state remains in moderate to exceptional drought, although another third is still classified as “abnormally dry.”

Oklahoma is slated to have widespread triple-digit temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday. Much of the state is under a Heat Advisory from the National Weather Service. That’s thanks to a heat dome — basically a big bubble of hot, still air looming over the southern plains.

While much of Oklahoma has received consistent rainfall over the past week, the most drought-stricken areas of the state are still parched.

This week’s rain has made way for budding plants and budding questions about drought and flash flooding.

Last winter’s precipitation relieved some areas of drought, yet in other places it's deepened, making spring stressful for farmers and ranchers.

Oklahoma officials report a total of 97 wildfires started amid dry, dangerous conditions Friday.

Every thunderstorm or tornado watch you’ve seen was issued by a lead forecaster at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman. But until a few weeks ago, those watch issuers had always been men.