(Sacramento, CA) — There’s new hope for California’s record drought. All the recent rain appears to be helping. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor maps released yesterday show there’s no longer any area at the worst level. But the data could be even better when it’s updated to include the storm that slammed the state the past two days.

Experts say there’s still a long way to go to avoid a fourth dry year, which runs through the end of September