Rain and snow not enough to break Oregon’s drought

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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — The rain and snow falling across Oregon are far from enough to break the drought.

Snowpack levels across most of the state Friday were less than half of normal, and the drought index was still severe to moderate. Dozens of sites in Southern Oregon showed the lowest snowpack since the 1940s, when records were first kept.

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