Less snowpack feeds rivers, streams and lakes in areas surrounding the mountains.... Minor

, according to NOAA.... California's snowpack is currently at 30% of its average.... Justin Sullivan

and drier, not just because it's raining less.In the spring, California's snowpack in the Sierra

.-Mexico border.... Rising temperatures and diminished snowpack have added to the punishing drought

Unseasonable heat and rapidly melting snowpacks in Yukon have combined to produce unprecedented

December 2021.... Then, January and February were historically dry, leaving the state's snowpack

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Heavy rain in mountains causes a lot more problems than big snow, including flooding, landslides and erosion, scientists said.... But he noted that they haven’t studied Pakistan’s 2022 floods precisely so there may be some small differences. The study makes sense and “ the implications are serious, ” said UCLA climate hydrologist Park Williams, who wasn’t part of the research.... And then you’ve got to figure out where is that water going?...

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for December 29 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... Check out what's clicking on Foxnews. com.An onslaught of snow in the Lake Tahoe area this month has shattered a record thatheld up formore than half a century, Californiaresearchers say.As of 8 a.m. local time Wednesday, a total of 210 inches of snow has fallen on the region in December, breaking the previous record of 179 inches inset in 1970, according to theUC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab.

Despite the receding drought, experts cautioned that the relief may be only a blip as the long-term effects persist from what has been a stubborn dry streak. Groundwater and reservoir storage levels — which take much longer to bounce back — remain at historic lows.... That's because water release and retention operations for the massive reservoir and its upstream sibling — Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border — already are set for the year.... The reservoirs are used to manage Colorado River