Just when Californians thought it couldn't get worse, the three-year drought that has enveloped the state intensified a little over the past week. Scratch that; it intensified a lot.
The percentage of the state in the worst category of drought — known as "exceptional drought" — skyrocketed from 36.5% to 58.4% in the past week alone, according to statistics released on Thursday. This means that the majority of the state, which is the top agricultural producer in the United States, is now in the worst possible drought conditions on the U.S. Drought Monitor, which is a federal, state and academic product that has monitored drought conditions since 1999 Read more...
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