Tag Archives: snowpack

Hot Dry Conditions Raise Fire and Drought Fears in the Bay Area

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It didn't rain very much. It's unusually hot. And now the state is literally on fire. Up on Echo Summit in the Sierra, Frank Gehrke, chief surveyor for the California Department of Water Resources told the Associated Press he wasn't … Continue reading »


California Weather & Water: How Full Are the Reservoirs?

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An ongoing project we started in the KQED newsroom last winter: California Reservoir Watch. What does the watch show today? Most of our reservoirs are just sloshing with water after a wet fall. And while it's still too early to … Continue reading »