By Erin McClam
It’s finally going to rain in California.
A pair of storms are expected to sock the drought-ravaged state beginning Wednesday night, delivering 2 to 3 inches of rain in San Francisco through Saturday and as much as 5 inches in San Diego and parts of Los Angeles.
Downtown Los Angeles has gotten only 1.2 inches of rain since July, and it hasn’t rained more than an inch on a single day there in almost two and a half years, weather historian Christopher Burt told The Weather Channel.
The soaking won’t come close to relieving California of its worst drought in modern history. Los Angeles is running a rainfall deficit of more than 17 inches since the beginning of last year.
First published February 26 2014, 12:31 PM
Erin McClam
Erin McClam is a senior writer for NBC News, responsible for reporting, writing and editing general news for NBCNews.com. Prior to joining the site in January 2013, McClam worked at The Associated Press, where he spent 13 years and was most recently financial markets editor. In that role, McClam was responsible for a team of five reporters and a deputy editor that covered the stock and bond markets, financial regulation and the nation's largest banks.
Prior to that role, McClam held a variety of jobs at AP, including being a national correspondent and an original member of its Top Stories Desk editing operation.
McClam lives in New York.
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