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Drought dwindles to less than 9% of California

The U.S. Drought Monitor reported that less than 9% of California is suffering from drought conditions. California's north and southeast areas are surrounded by abnormal dryness.

Only remnants of California’s three-year drought remain after winter’s epic storms.

The U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday that areas of drought cover less than 9% of the state, down from more than 99% at the Oct. 1 start of the water year.

CALIFORNIA'S MASSIVE SUPER BLOOM SEEN FROM SPACE FOLLOWING HISTORIC, DROUGHT-ENDING RAINS

Those areas, in the far north and southeast, are surrounded by areas of abnormal dryness amounting to just over 25% of the state.

California’s winter was marked by numerous atmospheric rivers that dumped enormous amounts of rain and blanketed mountains with an extraordinary snowpack.

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