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Wildflowers in San Diego, Calif.

Even after a wet winter, California is preparing for the next drought

BY: - May 15, 2023

SAN DIEGO — Mountains are capped with record snowpack, rolling hills are covered in a rainbow of wildflowers, reservoirs are filled to the brim, and rivers are rushing with snowmelt. A vast majority of California is finally out of drought this month, after a punishing multiyear period of severe aridity that forced statewide water cuts […]