It’s not quite that simple. To be exact, the last time the report had California at 100% drought-free was the week of Dec. 26 ...

California has been on a roller coaster ride of extreme weather in recent years. Six years ago, in January 2020, none of the state was classified as being in a drought. Just 3% — a tiny ...

Current drought maps are showing California is drought-free for the first time in 25 years. The U.S. Drought Monitor climatologists put out a weekly map assessing drought conditions across the country ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Current drought maps are showing California is drought-free for the first time in 25 years. What's open and closed on MLK Day?

Storms continued to pile on snowpack and fill California's water reservoirs over the past week, pulling even more of the state out of drought. Last week, a small sliver of extreme Northern California ...

Even San Diego and far northeast California are now out of drought status following the latest storms.

Dead trees, killed by the drought, line a mountain road in the Sequoia National Forest in this photo from November 2016. (U.S. Forest Service) It’s a rare site to see the U.S. Drought Monitor Map show ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Incredible news for California's water supply entering the new year - not a single square mile of California is categorized as dry for the first time in 25 years, according to the ...

Seeing widespread drought in January is historically rare in the U.S., and yet, the latest data shows that nearly every state ...

California’s rainy start to 2026 has led to wet conditions pushing the state to break a 25-year record, according to the latest federal and state data. The U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday, ...