http://www.newsweek.com/california-drought-still-climate-change-rainfall-1771800

California and other Western U.S. states were scorched by drought for much of 2022, with an overarching megadrought having had its grip on the West for over 20 years.

In July, one-third of the total area of California, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico was considered to be enduring "extreme" or "exceptional" drought, the U.S. Drought Monitor found. Despite the torrential rain currently lashing California, the state is very much still in the midst of a drought.