Threat Of Drought Wiped Off California Map After Soaking Storms
What a difference a couple storms make.
The recent onslaught of soaking rains and snowy days has wiped the threat of drought off the California map.
The latest federal Drought Monitor Map, a way to measure drought that’s mainly used in agriculture, shows only 3.5 percent of the state as “abnormally dry” with a tiny sliver of yellow on the California-Oregon border. Only a week ago, 85 percent of the state was yellow.