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California getting rain but not enough to ease drought

April showers arrived in California as a series of low-pressure systems scoots through the state, but the rain totals won’t do much to ease five years of drought, forecasters said.

 
1 person killed, another injured in Texas tornado

At least one person died during Saturday’s storm that brought a tornado to Cisco, Texas, fire Chief Walter Fairbanks tells CNN. One person was critically injured.

 
Snowstorm on the east coast is still pretty crazy — VIDEO

A record-setting run of snowstorms that has pounded the U.S. Northeast over the past two weeks has taken a heavy toll on Massachusetts, taxing supplies of salt to keep roads clear and leaving authorities running out of places to pile the snow.

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Record rainfall, flooding in Ariz. leaves 2 dead

Phoenix recorded record rainfall for a single day on Monday, turning freeways into small lakes and sending rescuers scrambling to get drivers out of inundated cars.