article_snippet: But year, the fourth consecutive year of drought in California, the 9,000-foot peak doesn't bear a single flake of snow.
article_snippet: The lack of water comes after the winter of 2014 was the hottest on record for California.
article_snippet: Earlier this month, the United States Department of Agriculture noted that as well as California, droughts are ravaging Nevada and Utah and also parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Washington and Oregon.
article_snippet: The following year, 2014, also shows far less snow than in previous years as drought ravages states on the West Coast .
article_snippet: By March this year, the fourth consecutive year of drought in California, the peak barely shows a flake of snow .
highlights_snippet: It comes as California battles the fourth consecutive year of drought following record hot temperatures in 2014 .