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'Considerable' Long-Term Drought In California
United States
Record high temperatures and a dry spell in California the past week has "renewed concerns of early snowmelt" in the Sierra and "considerable long-term" drought impacts remain. The Drought Monitor intensity levels are Abnormally Dry, Moderate, Severe, Extreme and Exceptional drought. This week in California: 99.7 percent is abnormally dry, 94 percent moderate, 81 percent severe, 61 percent extreme and 38 percent is in exceptional drought
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