https://twitter.com/Weather West/status/1398006983387533313?s=20 Weather.com: The last exceptional drought in California was January, 2017, on the tail end of a multi-year drought. It was considered the worst in parts of the state in 450 years.California's Sierra snowpack typically supplies about one-third of the state's water once it melts later in spring and summer, recharging the state's reservoirs.In 2021, a…
The fight over access to water in Southern Oregon is tense enough as it is: On May 12, the federal government announced that no water at all would be passing…
Twenty years after a shut-off of most irrigation water in the parched Klamath Project brought the competing needs of farmers, fishermen and tribes to a
At the opening of the 2020 wildfire season, 3% of California was in extreme or exceptional drought and more than 4% burned. This year, more than 73% of the state faces similar drought conditions.