Article 4ZNZX Dry February sends California back to drought: 'This hasn't happened in 150 years'

Dry February sends California back to drought: 'This hasn't happened in 150 years'

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Susie Cagle
from Environment | The Guardian on (#4ZNZX)

February is typically one of the wettest months in California, but the state is parched, and there's no moisture in the forecasts

San Francisco and Sacramento have not seen a drop of rain this February, and climate scientists are expecting that disturbing dry trend to hold, in what is typically one of the wettest months of the year for California.

"This hasn't happened in 150 years or more," said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. "There have even been a couple wildfires - which is definitely not something you typically hear about in the middle of winter."

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