http://www.newsweek.com/drought-california-dry-reservoirs-helped-rainfall-1771246

The deluge of rain currently hitting Central and Northern California may be helping to return the water levels of many crucial reservoirs to normal.

Drought parched much of the Western U.S. this past summer. In July, one-third of all land in California, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico was classified as experiencing extreme or exceptional drought, according to data from the U.S. Drought Monitor.