Friday Top of the Scroll: Nearly 70% of California is ‘abnormally dry’ as drought, El Niño strengthens
… After a scorching summer with temperatures climbing above 100 degrees, nearly 70% of California is now experiencing either abnormal dryness or drought, according to the latest date from the U.S. Drought Monitor. … In January, none of California was experiencing drought conditions, marking the first time in 25 years that the state had been completely drought-free, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. … At the same time, a potentially historic “El Niño is strengthening” in the Pacific, according to federal forecasters. This could bring wetter conditions to parts of California later this fall and winter. Here’s a look at California’s current drought conditions, water supplies and what El Niño could bring in the months ahead.
Other El Niño news across the West:
- inewsource (San Diego): Super El Niño is coming. What exactly does that mean for San Diego?
- ABC7 (San Francisco): State flood supplies arrive in North Bay as officials prepare for potential El Niño impacts
- KSL (Salt Lake City): A new candidate emerges in Utah this election season: El Niño
- WyoFile: What will ‘super’ El Nino bring to landlocked, parched Wyoming?
- ScienceNews: This year’s El Niño just broke a record months before it’s expected to peak
- The Guardian: Editorial: The Guardian view on a supersized El Niño: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination
