Record High Temperatures Exacerbate Drought as Strange Weather Plagues Los Angeles County
AZUSA, CA - MARCH 12: Fish congregate in clear and muddy water in the shallows of Morris Reservoir which remains dramatically low near the end of the rainy season when the waters of the San Gabriel River would normally have restored water reserves on March 12, 2007 in the Angeles National Forest near Azusa, California. Record heat has pounded the region in recent days as forecasters predict drought and a dangerous wildfire season. Two years after the second-wettest winter ever recorded in southern California, one year after a record summer heat wave killed more than 100 Californians, and almost two months after near-record cold snap destroyed more than $800 million worth of California crops and brought snow to unusual places near Los Angeles, the two-day heat wave has added to the continuation of strange weather patterns in southern California. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dramatically downgraded its forecast for a winter of warm El Nino rains and last week the National Weather Service announced that this rain season is currently the driest in downtown Los Angeles since records began in 1877. The San Gabriel River flows toward the cities of the San Gabriel Valley on the East side of Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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