California's Drought Status Unchanged Despite Rain
National drought experts say 99.7 percent of California remains in moderate drought or worse despite recent heavy rains.
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National drought experts say 99.7 percent of California remains in moderate drought or worse despite recent heavy rains.
Drenching storms moving across Northern California on Saturday were helping the state catch up on normal rainfall totals for the year, but forecasters stressed that one rainy weekend would barely move the needle on California's three-year drought.
A series of storms heading toward Northern California could bring more rain to parts of the region in one weekend than they have seen so far this season.
Hours of steady rain Saturday from northern California's third winter storm in a week raised hopes that the state was moving out of its driest three years in history - while still deeply locked in drought.
Clouds will likely put a damper on the view of Thursday afternoon's partial solar eclipse.
Rising temperatures, falling humidity levels and Santa Ana winds are elevating fire danger in bone-dry Southern California, and forecasters say the building fall heat wave will push temperatures well above normal from San Diego to San Francisco.
The National Weather Service has rated the tornado that touched down in Glenn County Wednesday as an EF1.
The National Weather Service is asking tornado spotters to be on the lookout for weak funnel clouds that could be hitting the northern part of the Sacramento Valley Wednesday.
The National Weather Service has given Friday's tornado spotted near Woodland an EF0 rating.
Rain from Southern California storm not enough to ease the state's drought.
Sacramento ended 2013 14 inches below average rainfall.
Folsom tells homeowners to turn off sprinklers as Folsom Lake was at 367 feet on Monday, or 21 percent of capacity and 43 percent of normal for this time of the year.
Three of the victims died at homeless encampments in San Jose, while a fourth died in a garage "with the door opened."
A large storm already blamed for at least eight deaths in the West slogged through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and other parts of the Southwest on Sunday, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations as it slowly churned east ahead of Thanksgiving.
3 people were killed in blustery Northern California, football playoffs were called off because of rain in Arizona, and dozens of cars became stranded in snowy rural Nevada as winter weather barreled through the West.
Two people have been killed as high winds whipped through the Bay Area that knocked out power to thousands of residents.
Plows cleared roads and chains were required on most vehicles for travel on much of vital state Route 18 in the San Bernardino Mountains, where the National Weather Service reported Green Valley Lake received a half foot of snow.
Northern California residents are taking note of a weather event taking place in the sky.
Sierra ski resorts received a little bit more snowfall overnight in the last stages of a winter storm that hit Northern California this week.
A weak storm system is moving south out of the area Friday, leaving less rainfall than expected but a fresh coating of snow in the Sierra.
After a mostly dry January and a sunny start to February, the Sacramento region will see a brief period of wet weather.
With California's temperatures slowly climbing, citrus growers say they have seen little crop damage after a sixth night of very cold weather.
The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a hard freeze warning for the Sacramento Valley, Delta and northern San Joaquin Valley overnight Sunday, with temperatures dropping into the teens in some areas.
It's cold outside and there could be a record-breaking chill in the air overnight into Saturday morning. Near record to record lows are possible for Saturday throughout the region
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The crash happened Saturday afternoon.
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