Reservoir Levels Rise In California With Record October Rainfall
October 31, 2016 | Amy Quinton
October was one of the wettest on record in Northern California. But the state needs much more to replenish major reservoirs.
October 31, 2016 | Amy Quinton
October was one of the wettest on record in Northern California. But the state needs much more to replenish major reservoirs.
April 7, 2016 | Ed Joyce
California enters spring with 55 percent of the state in extreme drought, mostly in the central and southern part of the state.
March 11, 2016 | Ed Joyce
A series of storms in Northern California is forecast to bring heavy rain to the valleys and snow to the Sierra Nevada through early next week.
March 4, 2016 | Ed Joyce
The series of storms in California over the next week could cause federal water managers to release water from the Folsom Reservoir to maintain flood space requirements.
February 25, 2016 | Ed Joyce
February was mostly dry and warmer than normal in California and the latest drought update says the multiyear drought in the state is likely to continue and perhaps worsen.
February 5, 2016 | Ed Joyce
January brought above-average rainfall and snow to much of California, partly due to El Niño. But forecasters say the ocean warming condition is "taking a break" for the next week or longer.
February 2, 2016 | Ed Joyce
The second measurement this winter of snowpack in the Sierra Nevada was 130 percent of average. State water officials say the snowpack will help reservoir recovery.
December 17, 2015 | Ed Joyce
Recent storms have helped to ease dryness and improve drought conditions in California. But warm temperatures have limited the amount of snowpack in some parts of the western U.S.
November 25, 2015 | Ed Joyce
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor showed no change to drought conditions in California over the past week. But, the report does not include the storm that brought rain to valleys and snow to the Sierra Nevada this week.
October 29, 2015 | Ed Joyce
The recent rain has not changed the percentage of drought in California or Nevada according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor update.