California sees ‘elevated wildfire threat,’ water shortages As of Thursday morning, an estimated 22.7 million Californians were living in drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought ...

Around 70% of the state is considered to be unusually dry or suffering from drought conditions, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, and there appears to be no relief in sight as the ...

The snowpack in California and other western states is melting at a record-breaking pace, threatening an early start to the wildfire season and the persistence of drought conditions, authorities ...

This was the third wet year in a row for California. Historically, drought development follows a series of wet years. California's water year runs from October 1 through the following September 30.

In California, drought conditions this summer were the most extreme in the entire 126-year record — a clear sign of the role climate change plays in the perilous decline of the state's water ...

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According to a map of drought conditions from Windy.com, the areas experiencing the most intense drought conditions as of Friday morning included parts of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California ...

More than 90% of the West is in drought conditions, and more than half of the region is in extreme or exceptional drought. California has just faced its driest year in nearly a century as the ...

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The Drought Monitor also has a look-back chart that compares drought conditions from 3 months ago up to one year ago. Victoria Reyna-Rodriguez is a general assignment reporter for the Register.

However, those drought conditions were not as bad as those in 2016 to early 2017, or during the mid-1960s.