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Photos: California drought, then and now – from the San Jose Mercury News

Then And Now: California’s Drought Officially Declared To Be Over

WOODACRE, CA – JULY 15, 2014: In this before-and-after composite image, (TOP PHOTO) Horses graze in a field of dead grass on July 15, 2014 in Woodacre, California. As the severe drought in California contiues to worsen, the State’s landscape and many resident’s lawns are turning brown due to lack of rain and the discontinuation of watering. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

WOODACRE, CA – APRIL 10, 2017: (BOTTOM PHOTO) Horses graze in a field on April 10, 2017 in Woodacre, California. Much of California’s landscape has turned from brown to green as California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order Friday to lift the State’s drought emergency in all but four counties. The drought emergency had been in place since 2014. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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