The devastating fires in California early this year came after a particularly unfortunate weather pattern—an exceptionally ...

Parts of Southern California continue to battle extreme drought as wind advisories remain in place amid Santa Ana winds that could spur wildfires should they erupt. Newsweek spoke with experts ...

The Drought Monitor map indicated that 14.7% ... “The wetter conditions over California allowed for some improvements in areas where the current water year indicators improved and eased some ...

Anna joined Newsweek in 2022 from Current Publishing ... Southern California earlier this winter has started to improve, according to the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor Map.

“Yeah, we’re still in a drought in southern California. We haven’t received enough rain to get us out of those conditions,” said Mike Cornette, Cal Fire San Diego County Fire Fire Captain.