#colorado-river-basin
#colorado-river-basin
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California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month agoLittle snow in California and the West as a warm winter nears end
California's Sierra Nevada snowpack remains at 66% of average despite February storms, with record warmth causing precipitation to fall as rain rather than snow, threatening water supplies across the West.
fromWIRED
2 months agoRecord Low Snow in the West Will Mean Less Water, More Fire, and Political Chaos
"The numbers are really, really bad," Swain says. "If this were November, they might be less meaningful. We're not in November-we're heading toward mid-February. The normal numbers are pretty high. To be at half of them means that, in absolute terms, the deficit is large."
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