California has gone from extreme drought to extreme flooding in a matter of days.
On Monday, 90% of the state’s population was under a flood watch as another round of storms rolled through. Yet it was just last week when several counties in the state were experiencing the exact opposite – exceptional drought, which the US Drought Monitor considers the most severe category. California’s parade of ultra-wet storms has not completely reversed the deeply rooted drought.
Those aquifers are a vital source of water for drinking, bathing and agriculture across California’s Central Valley, and they are running dry. But giving rivers more space to flood has a catch. It means entire communities would need to relocate; the process is known as managed retreat. Nicholas Pinter, a researcher and professor of applied geosciences at the University of California at Davis, acknowledged managed retreat is a tall task but noted other countries are doing it.
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