California: Drought, record heat, fires and now maybe floods


              FILE - Tina Walker, who works as a server at RingCentral Coliseum, uses a portable fan to cool off before a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. The record-breaking heat that has pushed the state's electrical grid to the brink of power outages for more than a week is almost over but it is a sign of things to come. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
            
              Fans look on during a rain delay before the San Diego Padres played the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Californians tried to weather the extremes of a changing climate Friday, as a punishing heat wave that has helped fuel deadly wildfires had the state teetering on the edge of blackouts for a 10th consecutive day while a tropical storm barreled ashore with the promise of cooler temperatures but also possible flooding. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
            
              Francesca Spensieri, left, with her son Michael Jr. and husband Michael wait out a rain delay before the San Diego Padres played the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Californians tried to weather the extremes of a changing climate Friday, as a punishing heat wave that has helped fuel deadly wildfires had the state teetering on the edge of blackouts for a 10th consecutive day while a tropical storm barreled ashore with the promise of cooler temperatures but also possible flooding. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
            
              Fans Jose Ochoa, left, and his sons Mateo and Jose Jr., right, wait out a rain delay before the San Diego Padres played the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Californians tried to weather the extremes of a changing climate Friday, as a punishing heat wave that has helped fuel deadly wildfires had the state teetering on the edge of blackouts for a 10th consecutive day while a tropical storm barreled ashore with the promise of cooler temperatures but also possible flooding. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
            
              FILE - Tina Walker, who works as a server at RingCentral Coliseum, uses a portable fan to cool off before a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. The record-breaking heat that has pushed the state's electrical grid to the brink of power outages for more than a week is almost over but it is a sign of things to come. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
            
              FILE - Sunrise is viewed between power lines in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. The record-breaking heat that has pushed the state's electrical grid to the brink of power outages for more than a week is almost over but it is a sign of things to come. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
            
              FILE - A helicopter drops water on the Fairview Fire burning on a hillside Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, near Hemet, Calif. Scientists say a warming planet will lead to hotter, longer and more wildfire-plagued heat waves. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
California: Drought, record heat, fires and now maybe floods