A major driver of this turnaround has been atmospheric river storms and consistent snowmelt, which have helped replenish reservoirs and bolster snowpack levels across the Sierra Nevada. The snowpack, ...

Lake Oroville hit capacity for the third year in a row this spring, marking a first-ever milestone for the lake.

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Its surface-level elevation is 898.73 feet, just shy of its full elevation base level of 900 feet.  When it reaches capacity, the department said, it's likely for windy conditions to cause water ...

Last month, Southern California’s largest reservoir marked an incredible turnaround ... is 16% above its historic average compared to 2021, when water levels dropped so low that its ...

Higher California reservoir levels and increased soil moisture lead to some incremental, short-term improvements in the drought since fall, as you can see in the animation below. W e'll come ...

which had seen perilously low water levels. Among them is the San Luis Reservoir, which sat at just one-quarter of its capacity on Dec. 1. The basin is now 98% full. The reservoir, California’s ...

Gavin Newsom, declared his own drought emergency following the second driest year on record and historically low levels at the state’s reservoirs. Currently, all of California (except for a tiny ...

Most of California's reservoirs remain above average in storage as the New Year arrives. Despite a slow start across much of California, there is still a good chance for a wet winter and a strong ...

Three more forecast storms are expected to raise levels by 400,000 to 500,000 ... this summer but is a burden now. Much of California’s reservoir infrastructure was designed decades ago, when ...