As epic snow melts, a California community braces for floods

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As epic snow melts, a California community braces for floods
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Ron Caetano is packed and ready to go. His family photos and valuables are in the trailer and he’s put food in carry totes. He moved the rabbits and chickens to higher ground.

LEMOORE, Calif. — Ron Caetano is packed and ready to go. His family photos and valuables are in the trailer and he’s put food in carry totes. He moved the rabbits and chickens and their automatic feeders to higher ground.

Farmland in the Tulare Lake Basin is submerged in water in Corcoran, Calif., Thursday, April 20, 2023, after more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped record-setting rain and snowfall. Residents in rural communities in the heart of the state are facing the prospect of being marooned by rising rivers or flooded out.

Heavy equipment reinforces levees in preparation of possible flooding as farmland in the Tulare Lake Basin is submerged in water in Corcoran, Calif., Thursday, April 20, 2023, after more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped record-setting rain and snowfall. Officials want to raise the levee another 3.5 feet , city officials said.

Lindzie Nail, 35, stands for a photo outside her home surrounded by a berm built in anticipation of flooding of the Kings River in the Island district of Lemoore, Calif., Thursday, April 20, 2023. After more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped record-setting rain and snowfall on California, residents find themselves facing the prospect of being trapped by rising rivers or flooded out.

Terry Taylor, a 70-year-old retired truck driver, stands for a photo at his home surrounded by sandbags in anticipation of flooding of the Kings River in the Island District of Lemoore, Calif., Wednesday, April 19, 2023. After more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped record-setting rain and snowfall on California, residents find themselves facing the prospect of being trapped by rising rivers or flooded out.

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