California drought free for first time in 25 years

Name: California drought free for first time in 25 years
Uploaded: 2026-01-09T20:50:55Z
Duration: 4 min 29 s
Description: Heavy rains over the last few weeks have led California to be drought free for the first time in 25 years. Reservoirs are re-filling and recouping from all this time of being in a drought. This is a stark contrast to a year ago, when the state was deep into drought. To talk more about the weather patterns behind this is California State Climatologist Michael Anderson.

FWX · Jan 9, 2026 · 4m 29s

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Heavy rains over the last few weeks have led California to be drought free for the first time in 25 years. Reservoirs are re-filling and recouping from all this time of being in a drought. This is a stark contrast to a year ago, when the state was deep into drought. To talk more about the weather patterns behind this is California State Climatologist Michael Anderson.

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