The Golden State is recovering from its long, severe drought, with reservoirs overflowing for the first time in years.
The photos showed Northern California's Lake Oroville and Folsom Lake in north-central California benefiting from a startling recovery that has beneficially affected the area's landscape. Houseboats floating on Lake Oroville showed a far different picture compared with August 2021, when nearly half the state was plagued by excessive drought and almost 90 percent was suffering from exceptional drought.
Houseboats sit anchored on Lake Oroville at the Bidwell Canyon Marina on February 14 in Oroville, California. After torrential rains at the start of the year, the water level at the state's second-largest reservoir has risen from historic lows.Similar photos show a road passing over Lake Oroville, with the water levels now shockingly higher than those seen in May 2021.
Folsom Lake shows a similar recovery, as May 2021 photos reveal boat docks stranded on dry land after the water levels receded. Nearly two years later, the docks are now floating in the recovered lake.California has surpassed a dozen atmospheric rivers—a corridor of concentrated, tropical moisture traveling through the atmosphere—since its wet season began in the fall. The precipitation has benefited other reservoirs throughout the state.
He said the Sierra Nevada's snowpack is 246 percent higher than normal."That's a lot of water," he said."We are getting into the melt season, so a lot of water in that snowpack is going to be melting." The snowpack could continue to supplement reservoirs through the spring and early summer, he said."Snowpack is more critical than several rainstorms. It's the snowpack that keeps things going through the dry season."
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