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Many millions of California trees died from the drought – approximately 102 million, including 62 million in 2016 alone. [32] By the end of 2016, 30% of California had emerged from the drought, mainly in the northern half of the state, while 40% of the state remained in the extreme or exceptional drought levels. [33]
Months into the rainy season, Southern California is now experiencing moderate drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. With few storms in 8 months, Southern California swings ...
"We're now in a situation in California where there's never really enough water anymore to do all of the things that everyone wants, and to declare the drought over, or the emergency over, I think ...
[32] A study published in 2016 found that the net effect of climate change has made agricultural droughts less likely, with the authors stating that "Our results indicate that the current severe impacts of drought on California's agricultural sector, its forests, and other plant ecosystems have not been substantially caused by long-term climate ...
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The flooding in late December 2022 and early January 2023 alleviated some of the drought conditions by January 3. [17] By March 16, all exceptional and extreme drought was washed out of California. [18] In mid-April, the Governor announced the state would meet 100% of requested water allocations for the first time since 2006.
In a single week, extreme drought conditions that had gripped nearly one-third of California have been downgraded nearly everywhere. California storms erase extreme drought from nearly all of ...
That was far less area than the Dust Bowl, which covered 70% of the United States, but the drought of 1988–1990 not only ranks as the costliest drought in United States history, it was one of the costliest natural disasters in United States history. In Canada, drought-related losses added to $1.8 billion (1988 Canadian dollars).