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California Orders First Mandatory Water Restrictions
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Abysmal snowpack ‘obliterates’ record; cities told to conserve 25 percent.
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Infographic: Too Warm to Snow in California, Oregon, and Washington
Snowpack in February 2015 was pitifully low in the Cascades and…
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Pacific Northwest’s Winter, Warm and Wet, Is Climate Change Preview
Little snow in sight looks to be the future of the American West.
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California Drought: A Dry January Closes and Dread Mounts
Snowpack in the already-parched state is near record lows, just 25 percent of normal.
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As Snow Survey Reveals Drought Deficit, Californians Take Extraordinary Measures to Cope
Sierra Nevada snowpack, a major part of California's water supply equation, is near record lows.
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The Stream, February 11: Water Shortages in Northeast U.S.
Droughts and water scarcity in Texas, Colorado and Mississippi…
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The Stream, January 3: Snowpack Looks Good for California Water Supply
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The first measure of Sierra Nevada snowpack in 2013…
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The Stream, May 18: Climate Change Will Affect U.S. Water Availability
Water levels on the flooding Rio Negro in Brazil have reached…
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Forecasting Western U.S. Water Supply in 2012: La Niña Again Delivers a Wet North and a Dry South
As water availability data starts coming in, this year's water allocations and the potential consequences for irrigation, hydropower, wildfires, and flooding are being assessed — La Niña weather patterns have returned this year, but water supply conditions generally are not as extreme as they were 2011.
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Pollution, Dry Weather Choke the World’s Major Lakes
Urban waste and falling water levels signaled a rough start to…
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Strong La Niña Winter Soaks Much of the Western United States, But Leaves Southwest Dry
Western states confront potential for floods and wildfires.