A lake that has been dry for nearly 80 years will reappear in California where the torrential rains that have been falling for weeks risk overflowing local dams and reservoirs.
The Sacramento Area Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced Monday operations to transfer water that accumulates with rainfall at Pine Flat Dam in the Central Valley of County of Fresno to the former dry site of Lake Tulare. “The flow of rivers downstream of the dam will continue to increase“, explained in a press release the head of the association which manages the Kings River, Steve Haugen.
“The Kings River has been in flood for the last two to three weeks from all the storms we’ve had“, abounded Randy McFarland, consultant for the association of management, with a local media.We haven’t had such a significant hydrological year since 1982 or 1983. This might be the largest ever recorded or observed in modern history.“California, particularly in the central and southern regions, is experiencing up to 80 mm of precipitation on the coastal zone and 120 cm of snowfall in some places on Tuesday. Evacuation orders were also issued in the county of Tulare where the ancient eponymous lake is located.
The US weather services have also warned of the risk of flooding from southern California to San Francisco. In the mountains, where the wind might blow with force, which might bring down power lines. The western United States has been experiencing record snowfall and precipitation for weeks.
