The record-breaking snowpack is melting with higher spring temperatures after a super-wet winter.
, just below official flood levels and about a foot less than predicted, and are expected to continue to decline throughout the week, according to data from the National Weather Service. Because flows ended up being lower than expected, the park reopened with limited hours Sunday and will reopen in full on Monday.
While some flooding happens seasonally in the lakebed, the last time the lake reappeared with this much strength was in the 1980s; it took two years to fully drain. Now, unprepared towns in and around the lake are asking for help as roads remain flooded and crops are overtaken by water., as the snowpack from the Sierra Nevadas continues to melt. The water from that snowpack could hit the region in May and June.
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