Emergency Alert · California · Published September 30, 2026, 7:00 AM CT
MARK BRODIE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in advance of what is expected to be a Super El Niño — bringing heavy rains and flooding.[1]
Arizona is also anticipating wetter-than-typical conditions over the next several months.
That extra water presents both challenges and opportunities to an area in the midst of ongoing drought. Ian James with the Los Angeles Times joins me to talk more about this.
MARK BRODIE: Thanks for being here. So do we have a sense of why the California governor declared a state of emergency at this point?
Key Facts
- Where: California
- Type: Declared emergency
- Official source: not yet found on a .gov site; this report relies on news coverage
- Outlets reporting: 3
Where It Applies
What KJZZ Reports
MARK BRODIE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in advance of what is expected to be a Super El Niño — bringing heavy rains and flooding.[1]
Arizona is also anticipating wetter-than-typical conditions over the next several months.[1]
How 3 Outlets Are Reporting It
- Newsom declares emergency as ‘Super’ El Niño threatens California winter (Dagens.com)
- California has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the super El Niño (KJZZ)
- Preparing for a Super El Nino after California declares state of emergency (KTVU)
If You Live There
For orders that change, check the official source linked above; declarations are often extended or ended early.
References
Investigative methodology: this alert was selected because 3 news organizations reported the same declaration; no .gov announcement had been found when it was written. Quoted text is verbatim from the cited sources. Produced by scripts/emergency_alert_scanner.py, not a language model.
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