"Triple-R" weather system blamed for brutal drought in Calif.
1,483 views · Published 14 January 2014 · 2:08 · Indexed 1 November 2026
Channel: CBS Evening News · 2014 · News & Politics
A powerful and persistent high pressure system is believed to be responsible for a severe drought across the state of California. Meteorologists have nicknamed the phenomenon the "Triple-R," or "ridiculously resilient ridge of high pressure," and they don't expect conditions to improve any time soon. Ben Tracy reports.
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