There’s no more drought in California, except for a sliver in the most northwestern portion of the state. California is 99.93% drought-free, according to a Thursday update from the U.S. Drought ...

A timelapse video published on Sunday shows just how much California has improved since struggling with severe, widespread drought since early 2020. California has battled a years-long drought that ...

"We cannot stick our heads in the sand," state official Wade Crowfoot said. Folsom Lake, one of California's largest reservoirs, is crucial to providing water to the state's 40 million-plus residents.

The storms that hit California in early 2023 provided glimpses of hope as the severe drought up and down the state dropped water levels to shocking all-time lows in previous years. While the large ...

Greenhouse gases and aerosols emitted by human activity make droughts worse. The western United States is in the midst of an intensifying drought. In the latest U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, ...

Although recent storms have thrashed the California coastline and boosted reservoir levels, the downpours have so far failed to deposit significant snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, which experts say is ...

After years of drought that left California's reservoirs critically depleted, three back-to-back wet winters have shifted the state's water outlook. As of April 2025, reservoir levels across much of ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom trekked into the mountains with state officials early this week as they conduct their last snowpack measurement of the season. The expected result: an above-average year, the second ...