Authorities in California were set to assess damage on Monday after a wave of storms killed at least 19 people, swept away scores of homes and forced thousands to evacuate.
The nine consecutive rainstorms that pounded California in succession since Dec. 26 killed at least 20 people while tens of thousands remained under evacuation orders as of Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom said in an executive order that reinforced the state's response to storm damage.
But with more than two months to go in the rainy season, officials are urging Californians to continue conserving water as the U.S. Drought Monitor still puts almost the entire state under moderate or severe drought conditions. Reservoir levels were still below average for this time of year, officials said.
"If you rely on the Colorado River basin as a part of your water supply, then there will be continuing drought problems due to the extreme drought in that part of the world," Michael Anderson, California's state climatologist, told reporters.
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