In the past week, the area of California that is considered to be in extreme drought expanded from 12% of the state to 35%.
California and other parts of the west are expected to experience prolonged drought. In the past week, the area of California experiencing extreme drought increased from 12% to 35%.For the second year in a row, forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that there will be prolonged, persistent drought for California and throughout the Western U.S. that is considered to be in extreme drought expanded from 12% of the state to 35%.
"Concern is quite high as we move into the spring and early summer, the snowpack is below average for much of California," said Brad Pugh, the operational drought lead for NOAA. "There's really very little time to make up any precipitation depths as we move into April."Advertisement
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