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March 24, 2023 | NTD Newsroom
California Today Full Broadcast (March 24)
After months of continuous rain and snow, California residents are struggling to clean up. But the governor says the good news is that the state is mostly out of a drought. He announced some new policy changes following the recent boost in water supplies. Students and staff in Los Angeles are back in school following […]
March 20, 2023 | The Associated Press
Report: 43,000 Estimated Dead in Somalia Drought Last Year
NAIROBI, Kenya—A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old. It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts of the Horn of Africa. At least 18,000 people, and as many […]
March 18, 2023 | Reuters
Church Tower Reemerges From Parched Reservoir in Drought-Hit Spain
MADRID/BARCELONA—Spain is in the grip of a long-term drought after 36 months of below-average rainfall, with some parts so parched that officials have asked people to cut water use and meteorologists warn of worse to come. Some reservoirs in Catalonia, which surrounds Barcelona, are so low that old constructions like bridges and a church bell […]
March 16, 2023 | NTD Video
NOAA Releases US Spring Outlook and Flood Assessment
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service announces its Spring Outlook, predictions for temperature, precipitation, drought, and flood risk across the country at 11 a.m. ET on March 16. NOAA Climate Prediction Center Operational Prediction Branch Chief Jon Gottschalck and National Water Center Director Ed Clark discuss how the significant rain and […]
March 4, 2023 | Reuters
Storms Bolster California Snowpack, Ease Drought
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Record rain and snowfall in recent weeks has eased half of California out of a persistent drought and bolstered the store of mountain snow that the state relies on to provide water during the warm, dry spring and summer. Statewide on Friday there was nearly twice as much snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains […]
January 17, 2023 | Katabella Roberts
Scottsdale, Arizona Cuts Off Neighborhood’s Water Supply, Citing Extreme Drought
Residents of the Rio Verde Foothills in Arizona have been frantically hoarding water since the start of the year after nearby Scottsdale cut off their water supply, citing an extreme drought. In an announcement at the end of last year, the Scottsdale Office of Communication said that residents of Maricopa County had been warned multiple times that the water supply was […]
January 12, 2023 | David Lam
Professor Comments on the State of California’s Drought, Floods, and Reservoirs
Many people are wondering what the onslaught of constant rain, floods, and storms in California means for its drought. NTD spoke with Katherine Cushing, chair and professor of environmental studies at San Jose State University, about the floods. Her area of research is sustainable water resource management.
January 12, 2023 | NTD Newsroom
California Today Full Broadcast (Jan. 12)
The onslaught of heavy rain brought flooding and drought relief throughout the state. An environmental expert shared what it means for California to be in both drought and flood state of emergency. San Jose is the first city in the nation to require liability insurance for gun owners, while critics argue that it violates Second […]
January 11, 2023 | NTD Newsroom
California Today Full Broadcast (Jan. 11)
Storms continue to batter California. Authorities are now searching for a 5-year-old boy who was swept away by flood waters. Many counties across the state are still under evacuation orders. But some residents of a coastal town chose to defy orders and remained in their homes. Despite the downpouring rain, California is still in a […]