California has ended its water year with above average rain and snow, making it one of the wettest years in recorded state history.
Forecasters said Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, bringing the potential for flash floods, mudslides, isolated tornadoes, high winds and power outages.to fill the state’s reservoirs to 128% of their historical average, making it among the wettest years in recorded state history.
But the State Water Project — which includes 30 reservoirs and storage facilities and provides water to 27 million people — reported 27.4 million acre-feet in its reservoirs as of Sept. 30. One-acre foot of water is enough to supply two families of four for a year.over the winter. Those storms carried so much rain and snow they were known as "atmospheric rivers.
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