The year 1977 was the driest in California's history. Yet water still flows from California faucets an occurrence taken for granted but a marvelous achievement in a drought as sustained as California's. The drought has produced financial and environmental losses, but they are nowhere of the ...
Roughly 41.9% of California — mainly in the desert bordering Arizona and parts of Northern California — remains in the "abnormally dry" category, the second lowest classification on the list, according to theU.S. Drought Monitor. The region near the Oregon and Nevada borders, wh...
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Southern California's gigantic water supplier has taken the unprecedented step of requiring about 6 million people tocut their outdoor wateringto one day a week as anextended droughtplagues the state following another dry winter. The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on...
LOS ANGELES, June 1 (Xinhua) -- New restrictions on outdoor water use went into effect on Wednesday for more than 6 million residents in the U.S. Los Angeles area in response to severe drought. The rules, set by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, limit outdoor waterin...
Prior to the recent drought report, conditions in Southern California were considered to be “abnormally dry” for the last few weeks. Much of the Central Valley remains in that category. “Above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation resulted in expansion of droug...
Occurrence of severe drought conditions in coastal southern California during the medieval climate anomaly inferred from pollen deposited in the Santa Barbara Basin since ∼AD 800doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.080Linda Heusser and John Barron and Ingrid HendyQuaternary International...
How the Drought Has Changed Water Use in Southern CaliforniaThe once-shimmering emerald lawns across Southern California werefirst starved of water, then...Bartholomew, Dana
More information about Southern California weather and climate can be found using our WEATHER LINKS page. Email 'Driest Calendar Year in Los Angeles Since Recordkeeping Began in 1877. Composites Suggest Below Average Rainfall to Continue, But Some Lessening of the Drought in Southern California Pos...
Chaparral shrubs in southern California may be vulnerable to frequent fire and severe drought. Drought may diminish postfire recovery or worsen impact of s