Southern California's brief escape from drought ends
PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) " California's brief escape from severe drought ended Thursday after scientists declared more than 40 percent of the state in drought and water officials confirmed lower-than-normal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada.During a week of rainless skies and some record-high temperatures in Southern California, water officials trekked into the Sierra Nevada on Thursday and manually measured the vital snowpack, which stood at less than a third of normal for the date. [...]
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