California has been hit with a series of powerful storms that began late last month. The storms have brought the state an extreme amount of rainfall. More than 17 people have died from the storms and over half of California’s 58 counties have been declared disaster areas, the governor said. There are even more storms expected in the coming days. California has also experienced a multi-year drought. The extreme dry period has severely cut water supplies and forced officials to urge residents to save water. Experts say the series of storms will help drought conditions, but it is not yet clear exactly how much. However, the rain and snow will not be enough to fix some of California’s long-term water problems that climate change is making worse.
Title: Will Rainstorms Help California’s Drought?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5748/A12.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Will Rainstorms Help Californias Drought?' data-article-id='6352'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7917'>California has been hit with a series of powerful storms that began late last month. </span> <span data-start-time='7917' data-end-time='12854'>The storms have brought the state an extreme amount of rainfall. </span> <span data-start-time='12854' data-end-time='27083'>More than 17 people have died from the storms and over half of California’s 58 counties have been declared disaster areas, the governor said. </span> <span data-start-time='27083' data-end-time='32479'>There are even more storms expected in the coming days.</span> <span data-start-time='32479' data-end-time='38000'>California has also experienced a multi-year drought. </span> <span data-start-time='38000' data-end-time='48104'>The extreme dry period has severely cut water supplies and forced officials to urge residents to save water.</span> <span data-start-time='48104' data-end-time='58667'>Experts say the series of storms will help drought conditions, but it is not yet clear exactly how much.</span> <span data-start-time='58667' data-end-time='70375'>However, the rain and snow will not be enough to fix some of California’s long-term water problems that climate change is making worse.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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