California Is Sinking Further Into An 'Exceptional' Drought
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Several counties in and around the San Francisco Bay Area now fall into the most severe drought category.
Another swath of California has entered into “exceptional drought,” the most severe category of dryness recognized by U.S. drought authorities, escalating the threat of another devastating wildfire season, water shortages and other increasingly familiar troubles in the Golden State. The U.S. Drought Monitor, a partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, released data Thursday showing eight new counties within and north of the San Francisco Bay Area partially in “exceptional drought” ― one level worse than the “extreme drought” they were in last week. U.S. Drought Monitor, GIF by Ivylise Simones "Exceptional drought" -- the darkest portion of the map -- took over parts of eight more California counties in the past week.More Related News