Twenty-three years of drought have dried up tourist dollars for Overton, Nevada. But some residents think the federal government bears some of the blame.
A new U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows that more than half of the state is now out of severe drought, though many of those areas are still labeled "abnormally dry" — the first stage of drought.
California may see a return of stormy weather over the next week — a welcome addition to a snowpack that will bring some relief to the historic drought.
California may celebrate having double the expected snowpack after a string of atmospheric river storms, but state water experts warn that more needs to come to offset years of record-breaking drought.