FRESNO, Calif.—Chances are strong that a record-setting El Nino is headed toward California this winter. What remains unknown is how it will play out for the state beset by four years of drought that fallowed farm fields, turned lawns brown and dried up streams and wells.
El Nino Likely This Winter for Drought-Weary California
Chances are strong that a record-setting El Nino is headed toward California this winter
A farmer who relies on senior water rights to water his crops inspects a wheat field nearing harvest on his farm near Stockton, Calif., on May 18, 2015. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo
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