FiveThirtyEight: Last week, Californias dry spell got a temporary reprieve thanks to an onslaught of Pacific storms. But the storms wont be enough to turn back the states drought - one that, researchers say, is the regions worst in the last 1,200 years.
Californias drought began in late 2011 and rapidly intensified. Reservoirs stand empty, and as of this month, the U.S. Drought Monitor has classified conditions in 79.7 percent of the state as being in extreme or exceptional drought.
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