News Floods, rain have plagued California — what happened to the drought? It’s still a problem, new data says. January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Elizabeth Weise and Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY Comments Off on Floods, rain have plagued California — what happened to the drought? It’s still a problem, new data says. Numbers released Thursday show California remains in abnormally dry conditions and 95% of the state was in some type of drought.