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— -- Before-and-after photos of various landscapes in California show what a difference the deluge of winter rain has made after years of drought. Photos taken by Getty Images photographer Justin Sullivan in the summer of 2014 -- in the middle of the drought -...
Lakeisha Bryant, public information representative at the Santa Clara Valley Water District, holds flasks of water before and after it is purified at the Silicon Valley Advance Purification Center, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. California regulators are set to vote on new rules...
California appeared to be "well on its way to a fourth year of drought" before the early winter series of storms, Anderson said. "We're in a very different condition now," he added. So much snow has fallen in the Sierra and other mountain ranges that residents are still struggling to ...
Groundwater, in particular, has been much slower to recover than reservoirs. These underground aquifers, which much of California's Central Valley relies on, still have a long way to go before they are completely replenished from the prolonged, unrelenting drought. ...
The character of the vintage year started with California's unusually wet winter of 2022-23. After several years of drought, enough rain fell to fill the state's reservoirs, remove water restrictions on theRussian River, and give the dormant vines happy dreams as they slept. ...
Does this dry October mean 2025 will be a drought year? No. In California, unlike humid eastern US, a single dry month does not make a drought; several dry months in the wet season are required. October is the driest month in California’s nominal wet season, so a dry October is less...
The glut of precipitation, however, also has increased the moisture content in shrubs and trees, making them more flame-resistant in the short term and helping forestall the onset of fire season. By April 2022, three years into a crippling drought, California had already tallied ...
While climate change has resulted in extreme heat, drought and floods, experts say the west would need several exceptionally rainy years in a row to replenish aquifers and reservoirs. At least 12 people have died from weather-related incidents in Californ...
Fast-moving wildfires in the Los Angeles area are burning out of control long after fire season normally ends in California. Powerful Santa Ana winds are not unusual for this time of year but they have arrived after months of drought. The combination has led to a disastrous ...