Almost 17% of the California has exited drought conditions. Officials attributed the development to the recent winter storms that dropped rain and snow in several regions, including Southern California and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. SoCal
‘This is the most any of us have ever seen,’ one ranger at Yosemite said. There is no date for reopening as officials respond to snowfall of up to 15 feet deep in some areas.
Reservoirs have also seen a boost this winter, with Lake Shasta and Lake Oroville now at 60% and 73% of capacity, respectively, up from 34% and 37% two months ago. More rain and snow are expected next week andStill, the Drought Monitor estimates that roughly one-quarter of California remains in the third-worst category — severe drought. Those area include portions of eastern San Bernardino and Inyo counties, as well as multiple counties in the northern part of the state.
Southern California’s other major water source, the Colorado River, also remains perilously low as the American Southwest suffers one of its driest two-decade periods in more than 1,200 years.
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