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Friday at Waialae: Jordan Spieth makes not-so-great history, Chris Kirk’s 2,791-day drought and more from the second round of the Sony Open

Get caught up on the action from Friday in Hawaii.

USA Today Sports Media Group

A Hot, Dry 2022 by the Numbers

Our record-breaking summer provided a preview of what’s to come.

Texas Observer

California officials paint gloomy water picture: golf industry must do more to meet ongoing drought

A desert course can use up to 1 million gallons of water a day in the heat of the summer, less in the cooler winter months.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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California flooding – live: More storms forecast for weekend as experts warn heavy rain won’t fix drought

Death toll likely to rise in California as deluge and flash floods set to continue

The Independent UK

California flooding: More storms forecast for weekend as experts warn heavy rain won’t fix drought

Death toll likely to rise in California as deluge and flash floods set to continue

The Independent UK

Jason Dickinson practicing extra to improve shooting accuracy

Dickinson, mired in a 26-game goal drought entering Thursday, has worked on “pushing away or pulling back” the puck to create open shooting lanes.

Chicago Sun-Times

French and German FMs in Ethiopia to support Tigray peace process

In tonight's edition: The foreign ministers of France and Germany head to Ethiopia to show support for the deal upon which rest hopes of peace after two years of conflict with Tigray rebels. Also, record temperatures are making life harder for millions around the world. We hear from those in…

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Nearly all of California exits the worst drought categories in US Drought Monitor

LOS ANGELES — The latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor showed an extraordinary sight: Deep splotches of dark red and purple signifying the worst levels of drought have been erased from California's map almost completely.

Los Angeles Times

Steven Stamkos inches closer to 500 goals in Lightning's 5-4 win vs. Canucks

TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos left the building Thursday night with everyone wanting just one more goal. The Lightning captain snapped a four-game drought with a power-play goal to pull within a goal of the 500 mark in a 5-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks at Amalie Arena.

Tribune News Service

Series of drenching California storms put dent in drought

Atmospheric rivers pounding California since late last year have coated mountains with a full winter’s worth of snow and begun raising reservoir levels but experts say it will take much more to precipitation to reverse the effects of years of drought

The Independent UK

California’s drought has eased significantly due to heavy rains, federal government concludes

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A series of atmospheric river storms since Christmas has significantly reduced California’s drought, the federal government concluded Thursday.

Tribune News Service

SI:AM | The Kings, the Nets and More NBA Story Lines

Can the Kings snap their record-long playoff drought?

Sports Illustrated

What is causing the parade of storms battering California?

LOS ANGELES — California has gone from one extreme to another, from extreme drought and empty reservoirs to too much rain all at once. Beginning on New Year’s Eve, a parade of punishing storms has hit the state, causing widespread flooding and destruction. Tragically, at least 19 people have been…

Los Angeles Times

California suddenly has so much snow. A ‘great elixir for drought’ but unlikely the cure

At the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Laboratory in Donner Pass on Wednesday, snow was piled so high that lead scientist Andrew Schwartz no longer needed stairs to exit the second floor.

Los Angeles Times

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Kyrgios draws on Barty triumph at Open

Nick Kyrgios watched on as Ash Barty soaked up her triumphant Australian Open victory and is confident he can deliver his own drought-breaking title.

Tribune News Service

California reservoirs are filling quickly, boosting water supplies after years of drought

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Across the San Francisco Bay Area and California, the past two weeks of soaking storms have brought mudslides, floods and power outages. They’ve also brought something not seen in years: billions of gallons of water rushing into reservoirs, renewing hopes that the state’s relentless drought may…

Tribune News Service

California snowpack skyrockets to two-decade high, putting 'serious dent' in drought

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The California snowpack is the largest the state has seen at this time of year in over two decades, as yet another atmospheric river is forecast to dump several feet of additional snow in parts of the Sierra by Monday morning.

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Heavy rain is still hitting California. A few reservoirs figured out how to capture more for drought

Decades-old rules mean most reservoirs aren't allowed to fill up in the winter. A new approach using weather forecasts is helping some save more water to help with California's drought.

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The Conversation

New report shows alarming changes in the entire global water cycle

In 2022, a third La Niña year brought much rain to Australia and Southeast Asia and dry conditions to the other side of the Pacific. These patterns were expected, but behind these variations there are troubling signs the entire global water cycle is changing.

Reuters

'Dangerous' Tunisian droughts threaten food security

Three years of drought have dried up Tunisian reservoirs, threatening harvests that are critical to the North African country's battered economy and pushing the government to raise tap water prices for homes and businesses.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian Droughts Threaten Food Security

Three years of drought have dried up Tunisian reservoirs, threatening harvests that are critical to the country's battered economy and pushing the government to raise tap water prices for homes and businesses. Since September only 110 million cubic meters of rain fell in Tunisia, about a fifth of the normal…

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How much will the rain help California's drought?

The series of storms that have struck California have poured water on a state mired in a years-long drought

The Conversation

18 huge, billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record

U.S. weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risks of extreme heat and rainfall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned as it released its annual billion-dollar disasters report on Jan. 10, 2023.

ABC News

Early drought preparation key as La Niña shows signs of easing, experts say

Three wet summers have changed many farmers' fortunes. But those with experience — along with scientists and accountants — say now is the time to talk about drought.

The Conversation

Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like

Rivers of muddy water from heavy rainfall raced through city streets as thousands of people evacuated homes downhill from California’s wildfire burn scars amid atmospheric river storms drenching the state in early January 2023.

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