LOS ANGELES - APRIL 20: People walk in the rain downtown as a late-season Pacific storm brings rain and snow to southern California April 20, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. The storm is not expected to make up for what has so far become the driest winter since records began in 1877. Only about two and a half inches have fallen prior to this storm while the seasonal expectation was 14. Rain is uncommon in this region after the end of winter as California faces a drought year with an unbroken wildfire season. Firefighters are bracing for a challenging fire season which has not ended since the start of last year's fire season. In 2006 wildfires burned across nearly 15.5 thousand square miles. Getty Images logo Getty Images 34 months ago

LOS ANGELES - APRIL 20: People walk in the rain downtown as a late-season Pacific storm brings rain and snow to southern California April 20, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. The storm is not expected to make up for what has so far become the driest winter since records began in 1877. Only about two and a half inches have fallen prior to this storm while the seasonal expectation was 14. Rain is uncommon in this region after the end of winter as California faces a drought year with an unbroken wildfire season. Firefighters are bracing for a challenging fire season which has not ended since the start of last year's fire season. In 2006 wildfires burned across nearly 15.5 thousand square miles.

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