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Inches of snowfall average, we've got nine states across the west, you can see the areas covered by drought. and that is just about every one. save for a small area in northern idaho and northwestern montana and extreme northern sections of washington state. that's because we've seen atmospheric rivers. that plunges that moisture, that long fetch of moisture from the pacific. for california, there's been this very persistent ridge of high pressure. that's not unusual but the strength of this high pressure ridge is also important. so any time we don't see this winter moisture, so vital to crops...

Storm pummelled the drought stricken state. there were mudslides, power outages and a tornado in southern los angeles. more rain may be on the way. karen mcguinness joins us now. karen, they've had enough. more storms coming. >> that is ironic that they would be tired of the rainfall so quickly because the entire year they've been in severe or extreme drought. but this is much needed winter moisture. farmers and growers really rely on it. across the south in the united states at that same storm system is going to inject out of the interior west pulling to the south central plains and produce s...

Towards california again. this will be on monday. perhaps does not have the volume of moisture that we saw with this last system that produced that tornado that we saw in southern california with the amazing video there. but this one is still going to pack a punch with northern california probably receiving the bulk of this moisture. most of that will be well to the north of the san francisco bay area but those snow levels continue to drop. we'll see wet weather in southern california. now you have to remember this is an entire state that has endured a severe or extreme drought across the enti...