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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

California is completely drought-free for the first time in 25 years

people walk with umbrellas outside
People walk in the rain in Los Angeles on 3 January 2026. Photograph: Myung J Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California is completely drought-free for the first time in a quarter of a century, a significant development in a state that endured grueling years with insufficient rainfall.

Over the last 25 years, drought conditions in California have intensified the state’s wildfire crisis and created challenges in its massive agricultural sector. But a few wet years, and a recent spate of winter storms, helped bring the state out of drought.

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