NEW: The rainfall from recent storms has downgraded drought conditions in the Bay Area and California, according to the latest data from the state's drought monitor.
The historic rainfall is an example of what meteorologists like to call weather whiplash. Climate change fuels intense droughts but also periods of intense rainfall as warmer global temperatures add more fuel for storms.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
The questions that are coming up after all of the rain is: Can you have both -- a drought in the midst of flooding? Did all of this rain wipe out the drought? Well the answer is it’s complicated. The U.S. West has been suffering what’s called a mega drought: It’s widespread and lasting for 20 years. And a wetter than normal season will not refill all of the state’s reservoirs and recharge the water table deep in the soil.
The historic rainfall in California is an example of what is called weather whiplash and prompts questions: Can you have a drought in the midst of flooding? Did all of this rain wipe out the drought? David Simeral of the Desert Research Institute explains.
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