The Bay Area and much of the state was being lashed by the seventh atmospheric river rain storm since the new year on Friday, and an eighth storm was forecast for Saturday.
Rain was falling early Friday morning across the North Bay, spreading southwest across the Bay Area and into the Central Coast. Thunderstorms were possible during the afternoon and evening hours, the weather service said.
The next storm system will approach the Oregon coastline by early Saturday morning and spread across Northern California during the day. There have been at least 18 deaths attributed to the series of storms hitting California since the start of the year.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 precipitation to reverse the effects of years of drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor's weekly update released on Thursday showed that"extreme" drought has been virtually eliminated a week after the worst category --"exceptional" -- was washed off the map. Two weeks ago extreme drought covered 35% of California. The Drought Monitor characterized the improvement as a significant reduction in drought intensity but cautioned that large parts of the state have moisture deficits that have been entrenched for two or three years.
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