Map: Where the California drought just got worse
An already grim situation just got worse for California in this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report. ‘Exceptional drought’ expanded in parts of California’s agricultural Central Valley in this week’s report. That is the most severe of the weekly update’s four drought categories. The area includes portions of Kern, Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa and Tuolumne counties. The flat region that dominates the central part of the state has some of the most productive farmland in the country, including miles of crop fields with fruits, grains, nuts and vegetables.
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