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Numbers released Thursday show California remains in abnormally dry conditions and 95% of the state was in some type of drought.

Heavy storms have flooded parts of California, but the state has been unable to capture billions of gallons of water that are flowing unchecked into the ocean. Los Angeles is embarking on an ambitious new program to change that.

Disastrous flooding could hit parts of California this weekend, forecasters warned Friday, as the eighth storm in succession barreled in, with already water-logged land unable to soak up any more rain.

Numbers released Thursday show California remains in abnormally dry conditions and 95% of the state was in some type of drought.

California is trying to tame the effects of flooding in ways both immediate and long-term.

One of the driest states in the US is being inundated with rain - but its drought will likely persist.

One of the driest states in the US is being inundated with rain - but its drought will likely persist.

California drought and water shortage may have a solution in the high accumulation seen in the Sierra snowpack.

Today on AirTalk, day 2 of the House Speaker election after Republican Kevin McCarthy failed to win three times yesterday. Also on the show, the extreme winter weather hitting California; the latest on the Southwest flight cancellation debacle; and more.

Thousands of miles of California levees are feeling the strain of age, extreme drought and punishing atmospheric rivers.