first year, but it's also faced one natural disaster after another. >> who can forget that spectacular show in the sky snow turning day into night, bringing millions of people together. >> that was very cool. >> chad myers has the top seven weather and climate stories of the past year. ♪ >> it was an incredible year of extremes. 2017 produced 15 give billion dollar weather disasters. here are the top seven weather and climate events of 2017. number seven, every acre of california was in drought. nearly two thirds of the state was classified exceptional. tens of millions of trees died, creating concern for a major wildfire season ahead. rain and show las returned with a vengeance to california in the fall of 2016, and continued through the spring of this year.