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California Rainstorm Death Toll Reaches 20, Biden Plans Visit

The parade of atmospheric rivers that pounded California for three weeks finally faded on Monday, enabling the state to begin lengthy repairs to roads and levees as the White House announced President Joe Biden planned to survey the damage. The nine consecutive rainstorms that inundated California in succession since Dec.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Eddie Jones fires World Cup warning to England as axed coach takes Australia job

Former England boss Eddie Jones has penned a five-year deal to take over as coach of his native Australia ahead of the Rugby World Cup - and believes the Wallabies can end their 24-year drought

Daily Mirror

Barnes, Sabonis stay hot as Kings continue historic scoring barrage in win over Spurs

Harrison Barnes didn’t look like himself at the start of the season, but now the veteran forward looks like an indispensable piece for a team that hopes to end the NBA’s longest playoff drought.

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How fast-moving floods took a deadly toll on California’s capital: ‘No one expected it’

Storms took five lives in Sacramento county, where a year of heatwave and drought was followed by record rain

The Guardian - US

California flooding reveals an unexpected solution to endless droughts

How can California hold onto some of that water it desperately needs? Put those flood waters back in the ground.

Inverse

The chaotic future of California weather

"We might be oscillating from more severe drought to super wet," climate scientist Christine Shields warns

Salon

Weekend brings more rain, snow to storm-hit California

A new weather system packing rain, snow and strong winds moved into storm-lashed California on Saturday, the latest in a parade of atmospheric rivers that have wreaked havoc across the state in recent weeks.

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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

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

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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.

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

Can the Kings snap their record-long playoff drought?

Los Angeles Times

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.

AAP

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.

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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…

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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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