Snow blanketed California the last weekend of February, only weeks after it was pummeled by torrential rains. But these historic storms barely made a dent in a daily reality for most Californians — a years-long, expansive drought
— privately-owned sources that many people in rural areas rely on for everyday needs — failed in Tulare county alone. People there had to haul in water for everything, from drinking to bathing.
Heavy rainfall — which made 2017 the state’s second wettest year on record — finally ended the five-year drought.Southern countiesLess than four years later, California entered yet another drought in 2020. By the end of 2022, the state had weathered its driest three-year period on record. The two extremes can torment California at the same time. During the barrage of winter storms in late 2022 and early 2023, the state declared aissued by governor Gavin Newsom in 2021.
A hotter future will gradually reshape our water cycle. Plants and soil will be thirstier and guzzle more water, reducing water supplies. Snowpack is already melting earlier than usual. Precipitation types will change — areas that receive snow will see more rain — and as a result, water that was once stored as snowpack will run off.
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