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California has entered spring with an above-average mountain snowpack and major reservoirs in good shape for a second consecutive year, staving off immediate water supply concerns but not allaying drought worries in a warming world.
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The approach of April marks a key time of the year. It’s when mountain snow usually peaks across Oregon — offering a hint at the severity of the coming wildfire season and about conditions for farmers who rely on irrigation.
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Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order aimed at capturing more precipitation from recent storms and storing it in the state’s groundwater basins.
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Another atmospheric river set to arrive Monday could worsen already severe flooding, as the extra rain and snowmelt threaten to overflow rivers and streams at lower elevations.
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California has two seemingly contradictory and potentially devastating problems:We have more water than we know what to do with — and more is on the way.We still don’t have nearly enough.
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Despite a parade of winter storms in Southern Oregon in recent weeks, hydrologists say it’s not enough to undo the effects of multiple years of drought.
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Californians have seen several rounds of bitter winter storms pummel the state since late December. Though those storms have led to flooding, blizzards and landslides, they've also brought much-needed rain and snow to a state plagued by persistent drought.
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Growers and Southern California cities that get water from the state aqueduct will receive 30% of their requested allocations. That’s the most in January since 2017, after heavy rains fed the reservoirs.
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Snowpack remains above average in southern Oregon, an area that needs it the most
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A dozen days of wet and wild weather haven’t ended the drought, and won’t cure the driest period in the West in the past 1,200 years.
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Snowpack melted out in scorched sections of the Cascades sometimes more than two weeks earlier than in unburned areas.
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Without a heavy dose of April and May showers, the state's drought will deepen. That could lead to stricter rules on water use and another devastating wildfire season.
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The Sierra Nevada hasn’t provided nearly as much water as predicted. Now the state is struggling to overhaul its snow runoff forecasts.
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After record-breaking snowfall at the start of the rainy season, January and February will likely be the driest on record, prolonging California’s drought.