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The country's most palm lous state is experiences its driest year in nearly a century. new evidence ton shows the devasating dry spell in california may actually be worsening. stephanie elam is near lake tahoe. >> reporter: the beautiful sierra nevada mountains. a winter wonderland, where people come to enjoy the snow. but this is taking the fun out of it. in california as last snow pack survey of the wet season, just two and a half inches of snow were measured, containing the equivalent of only one inches of water. a pleer 4% of the april 1st average. most of the seven readings were on dirt a...

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Its driest year in nearly a century, and evidence shows that this devastating dry spell may be actually getting worse, boris. >> yeah, laura, a new survey reveals that snowpack in the california sierra this winter is at 38% of its usual average. cnn's stephanie elam has more. >> reporter: the beautiful sierra nevada mountains. a winter wonderland where people come to enjoy the snow, but this is taking the fun out of it. in california's last snowpack survey of the wet season, just 2.5 inches of snow were measured, obcontaining the equivalent of only 1 inch of water. that's a mere 4% of the apri...

Devastating dry spell may be worsening. cnn's stephanie elam has the story. >> reporter: the beautiful sierra nevada mountains. a winter wonderland where people come to enjoy the snow. but this is taking the fun out of it. in california's last snow pack survey of the wet season, just 2 1/2 inches of snow were measured. containing the equivalent of only one inch of water. that's a mere 4% of the april-1st average. most of the seven readings here were on dirt and grass. >> as of april 1st, where we should be in terms of our snowpack, we should be standing on roughly 5 feet of snow. so my feet sh...

California's drought is worsening. state officials say the current snow pack in the sierra nevada mountains will provide just 4% of the average water they see this time of year. cnn's steph elam is near tahoe. >> reporter: sierra nevada mountains where people come to enjoy the snow. this is taking the fun out of it. in california's last snow pack survey of the speciesen just 2.5 inches of snow measured containing om one inch of water pap mere 4% of the april 1st average. most of the seven readings on dirt and grass. >> april 1st where we should be, standing on roughly five feet of snow. >> rep...