Reuters: California's drought - its worst in decades - is likely to hold steady through the summer months and may not ease in the fall even with an anticipated El Nino weather pattern, a federal drought expert said on Friday.
Extreme drought conditions have enveloped California - the most populous U.S. state and an important agricultural center - since the beginning of the year.
The conditions have left more than 80 percent of the state in parched conditions defined as "extreme" as of this week, up...