![]() “We’ve had six storms in the last two weeks. "It took years to get into this drought, and will potentially take years to fully recover.“The state has been experiencing drought for the last four years, and now we have storm upon storm,” California Lt. "Reservoir storage deficits, deep soil moisture deficits, and significant groundwater depletions that have built up over many months to years, will require additional precipitation to overcome," she said. ![]() While there has been some improvement, Rogowski said that long-term drought remains an ongoing problem. The "extreme drought" category has also seen a significant drop – from more than 35% a month ago, to just 0.3% today.Ībout 95% of California is now considered in the "moderate drought" category, meaning that pasture growth is stunted, landscapes and gardens need earlier irrigation, and ponds and creeks are lower than usual. Just a month ago, 7.2% of the state was in that category. Drought Monitor Thursday, no areas of California were in the "exceptional drought" category this week. "We need wetter than average conditions to continue throughout the rest of winter if we want drought to be removed across a large area of California," he added.Īccording to the latest numbers from the U.S. "We went from a huge amount of the state experiencing extreme drought from about the southern central valley all the way up to the Oregon border, and now the Bay area, Los Angeles, San Diego are only experiencing moderate drought," McCarthy said. McCarthy, who has been following and sharing information on extreme weather for years, and garnered national attention during Hurricane Ian, said that since the storms began, "extreme drought has pretty much been completely removed from California." "It was a historically significant period of rainfall, for sure," McCarthy told CBS News.Īnd though it's proven deadly, the rainfall has also provided a respite for the severe drought that has been plaguing the state for months. After that, she said, "the Climate Prediction Center shows that below normal precipitation is favored across the state" through Jan. The rain, Rogowski said, is expected to stick around for at least another week, until around Jan. This image provided by the National Weather Service shows the several inches of rain dumped on parts of Southern California from December 26 to midday January 12. That amount accounts for nearly 47% of the rainfall for the entire month of December.Īt the same time, Oakland had its wettest day on record since 1970, with 4.75 inches of rain recorded on Dec. That marked "the second wettest day in the 170+ years of records at that site," the weather service said. San Francisco, for example, rang in the New Year with 5.46 inches of rain in the 24-hour period of Dec. Several areas experienced record-breaking rainfall. "Areas of the central and northern California Coast as well as the Sierra Foothills measured between 15 and 20 inches of rain over the past few weeks," she added. "Widespread heavy rain was observed beginning in late December and continuing through early to mid-January," Rogowski said. ![]() However, Sarah Rogowski of the National Weather Service's Regional Operations Center was able to provide CBS News with some additional context on the deluge of rain, including maps which might indicate just how much rain was calculated in various areas of the state from Dec. The NOAA told CBS News it does not measure rainfall in the way that McCarthy calculated. ![]() This image provided by the National Weather Service shows the several inches of rain dumped on parts of Central California from December 26 to midday January 12. As of Wednesday, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services has reported at least 18 deaths because of the latest storm. These events have essentially drenched California's coastline, with multiple atmospheric rivers since the day after Christmas pounding the state. ![]()
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