Brian Lada
Thu, October 12, 2023 at 8:27 AM PDT
Additionally, roughly 1 in 10 people in the United States live in California, meaning that when the state faces a harsh drought, millions of people have to cope with the direct implications.
At the start of October 2022 before the arrival of the wet season, 99% of California was in drought, with more than 40% of the state in "extreme drought," according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Following an onslaught of storms last winter, the gradual snowmelt throughout the summer months and rain from Hurricane Hilary in August, all of the state is now drought-free.
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