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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

EL DORADO HILLS, CA – MARCH 20, 2014: In this before-and-after composite image, (TOP PHOTO) Empty boat docks at the Folsom Lake Marina sit on the dry lakebed of Folsom Lake on March 20, 2014 in El Dorado Hills, California. Now in its third straight year of drought conditions, California is experiencing its driest year on record, dating back 119 years, and reservoirs throughout the state have low water levels. Folsom Lake, a reservoir located northeast of Sacramento, has seen its capacity dwindle over the past 2-1/2 years of drought with current levels at around 20% of normal. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

EL DORADO HILLS, CA – APRIL 11, 2017: (BOTTOM PHOTO) Boats sit docked at the Folsom Lake Marina on April 11, 2017 in El Dorado Hills, California. After record rainfall and snow in the mountains, much of California’s landscape has turned from brown to green and reservoirs across the state are near capacity. 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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