California’s drought-stricken reservoirs have recovered due to January’s string of “atmospheric river” storms, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, but don’t let what seems like copious amounts of water fool you. The storms were “likely insufficient to reverse” California’s drought, according to the NASA. Plus notoriously hot and dry California summers, which typically fuel worsening drought conditions and breed seasonal wildfires, is just around the corner. For now, drought statuses remain relatively the same, compared to one week ago. The U.S. Drought Monitor — in a weekly update published Thursday — reports the state’s “abnormally dry” status increased less than one percentage point to nearly 99.4%. The other conditions across the Golden State remained the same.

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