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By the end of 2016, 30% of California had emerged from the drought, mainly in the northern half of the state, while 40% of the state remained in the extreme or exceptional drought levels. [33] Heavy rains in January 2017 were expected to have a significant benefit to the state's northern water reserves, despite widespread power outages and ...
In the wake of a biblical blizzard that unloaded nearly 100 inches of snow on California, AccuWeather is making a major announcement: California will be free of widespread drought through at least ...
Following two wet winters that boosted California’s water supplies, Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially lifted a drought emergency declaration in 19 counties that are home to 70% of the state’s ...
Many millions of California trees died from the drought—approximately 102 million, including 62 million in 2016 alone. [36] By the end of 2016, 30% of California had emerged from the drought, mainly in the northern half of the state, while 40% of the state remained in the extreme or exceptional drought levels. [37]
Despite record-setting rainfall that helped pull the last major section of California out of a three-year drought, water officials say Tropical Storm Hilary didn't have a major effect on the state ...
By the time the drought ended, 244 of Texas's 254 counties had been declared federal disaster areas. [40] Drought became particularly severe in California, with some natural lakes drying up completely in 1953. Southern California was hit hard by drought in 1958–1959, badly straining water resources. A widespread, 1930s-style dust storm ...
No one lives in drought areas as of the latest update, a roughly 900,000 decrease from August. California is 100% drought free ahead of a wet El Niño winter. See latest conditions
Deep splotches of dark red and purple signifying the worst levels of drought have been erased from California's map, thanks to a series of powerful storms.