Apr 7, 2016
El Niño Has Helped Fill California’s Biggest Reservoir
Shasta Lake, California
USA
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WxShift
Satellite images show Lake Shasta in April 16, 2015 (left) vs. March 29, 2016 (right). The images show the reservoir at the end of California's rainy season. Image: NASA Earth Observatory
El Niño helped steer enough rain and snow to the the northern part of California to help cut into the multi-year drought that’s plagued the state. Southern California hasn’t received nearly as much precipitation and more than a third of the state is still in the most dire category of drought. Dry conditions have started to creep back into the southeast corner of the state