Record rains transform a parched California, but ending drought remains elusive
LOS ANGELES — The drought-dried shores of Folsom Lake were damp this week after what officials called the first big storm of the season. The water level at Lake Oroville, which receded so much this summer that officials had to close its hydroelectric power plant for the first time, rose by more than 16 feet. And the Russian River — recently reduced to something more like a trickle — flowed ...
LOS ANGELES — The drought-dried shores of Folsom Lake were damp this week after what officials called the first big storm of the season.
The water level at Lake Oroville, which receded so much this summer that officials had to close its hydroelectric power plant for the first time, rose by more than 16 feet.
And the Russian River — recently reduced to something more like a trickle — flowed with more ease after the atmospheric river dumped record-breaking amounts of rain across California, replenishing dwindled reservoirs and rehydrating cracked terrain.
Despite the mayhem the atmospheric river caused for some residents, the historic storm marked a welcome change for a parched California after a year of
