Western storms replenishing drying reservoirs 05:57. Some regions in California are saying goodbye to the drought after the onslaught of rain and snow storms that hit the state recently, a new ...

The latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor showed an extraordinary sight: Deep splotches of dark red and purple signifying the worst levels of drought have been erased from California’s map ...

Overall, 49.1% of California can be classified as in a drought, a dramatic drop from 84.6% last week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly report issued by the National Oceanic and ...

California's drought has been eased by the heavy rain during the first few weeks of 2023. Downtown Los Angeles (top) and Hollywood (R) in a storm on February 22, 2005 in Los Angeles, California.

More than half of California is drought-free after what was anything but a dry February. After unrelenting storms brought rain and snow last month, only 49 percent of the state remains in the ...

Drought-dried ground in Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, California. 71 percent of the state is under “severe” to “extreme drought”.

Yet nearly 40% of California is in a drought, according to the latest available data from the U.S. Drought Monitor accessed on April 17. Regions experiencing severe or extreme drought include ...

Nearly 20% of California’s urban water agencies reported they could see significant water shortages in the coming months as the state braces for a potential fourth consecutive year of drought.

Officials and scientists say the state has had a mild season thus far, but fires are expected to surge in drier months.