Weather

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A sailboat washed ashore near a restaurant at Goleta, Calif., Saturday, March 1, 2014. The storm marked a sharp departure from many months of drought that has grown to crisis proportions for the state’s vast farming industry. However, such storms would have to become common to make serious inroads against the drought, weather forecasters have said. (AP Photo/Santa Barbara News-Press, Mike Eliason)

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Runoff surges into a debris basin in Altadena, Calif., as thunderstorms dump rain on the San Gabriel Mountains on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Residents of some 1,200 homes in three foothill cities to the east were under evacuation orders due to danger of debris flows from steep slopes burned bare by recent wildfires.(AP Photo/ John Antczak)

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Storm water flows into a debris basin in Altadena, Calif., as thunderstorms dump rain on the San Gabriel Mountains on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Residents of some 1,200 homes in three foothill cities to the east were under evacuation orders due to danger of debris flows from steep slopes burned bare by recent wildfires. (AP Photo/ John Antczak)

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Storm water flows into a debris basin in Altadena, Calif., as thunderstorms dump rain on the San Gabriel Mountains on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Residents of some 1,200 homes in three foothill cities to the east were under evacuation orders due to danger of debris flows from steep slopes burned bare by recent wildfires. (AP Photo/ John Antczak)

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Storm clouds blanket ridges of the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles' northeastern foothill suburbs on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Residents of some 1,200 homes in three foothill cities to the east were under evacuation orders due to danger of debris flows from steep slopes burned bare by recent wildfires. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is in foreground. (AP Photo/ John Antczak)

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Ryan Springer, 16, surfs a large puddle off in Carpinteria, Calif., Saturday, March 1, 2014. The storm marked a sharp departure from many months of drought that has grown to crisis proportions for the state’s vast farming industry. However, such storms would have to become common to make serious inroads against the drought, weather forecasters have said. (AP Photo/Santa Barbara News-Press, Mike Eliason)

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Workers try to clear drains at the Santa Barbara, Calif., harbor after high waves breached a sand berm and flooded the parking lot Saturday, March 1, 2014. The storm marked a sharp departure from many months of drought that has grown to crisis proportions for the state’s vast farming industry. However, such storms would have to become common to make serious inroads against the drought, weather forecasters have said. (AP Photo/Santa Barbara News-Press, Mike Eliason)

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Santa Barbara County firefighters survey the scene after three sailboats washed ashore in Goleta, Calif., Saturday, March 1, 2014. The storm marked a sharp departure from many months of drought that has grown to crisis proportions for the state’s vast farming industry. However, such storms would have to become common to make serious inroads against the drought, weather forecasters have said. (AP Photo/Santa Barbara News-Press, Mike Eliason)