NASA photos show the state replenished by rain and snow from winter storms. The state is entirely out of the drought and snowpack levels are near normal.
After years of drought and water restrictions, Californians have had some respite over the last two years. In 2023, the state found itself replenished by a record number of storms fed by atmospheric rivers, which brought most places out of drought and transformed a withered landscape into a verdant one. This year, winter storms have again brought much-needed precipitation to California. As of Friday, only 4.
By March 15, the snowpack level statewide was at 104% of historical levels for the day, according to the California Department of Water Resources. In the Northern Sierra, snow was especially abundant, reaching 118% of historical levels. In the Central Sierra, the figure was 101%, and the Southern Sierra barely lagged its normal snowpack at 95%. The image below zooms in on Southern California, showing the region from space on Nov. 9, 2023, left, and again four months later on March 9, 2024.
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