Sean de Guzman, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources, checks the depth of the snow pack during the first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit on Dec. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

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Water content of California snowpack far above normal

California's mountain snow holds 160% of the water it normally does this time of year.

• By By Kathleen Ronayne Associated Press
• December 31, 2021