A series of powerful storms dumped rain and snow across California, refilling depleted reservoirs and mostly bringing an end to the state's drought. Lake Folsom and Lake Oroville show the dramatic changes. See the transformation:
” hit, causing widespread flooding and damaging homes and infrastructure, and dumping as many as 700 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains.“California went from the three driest years on record to the three wettest weeks on record when we were catapulted into our rainy season in January,” said Karla Nemeth, director of California Department of Water Resources. “So, hydrologically, California is no longer in a drought except for very small portions of the state.
during heavy rains in February 2017 and forced the evacuation of more than 180,000 people downstream along the Feather River. In late March, the water at Lake Oroville rose to 859 feet above sea level, about 230 feet higher than its low point in 2021, according to state data. Newsom has not declared the drought over because there are still water shortages along the California-Oregon border and parts of Southern California that rely on the struggling Colorado River.
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