Satellite images show the re-emergence of Tulare Lake - NBC News
Mar 21, 2023 · Satellite images taken over the past six weeks have captured the re-emergence of Tulare Lake in California’s San Joaquin Valley and show how suddenly water flooded and settled across...
As Tulare Lake reappears, floodwaters raise tensions in San Joaquin ...
Mar 24, 2023 · Thousands of acres of cropland have been inundated in this heavily farmed swath of the San Joaquin Valley. And the water just keeps rising.
How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's …
Sep 28, 2023 · For three months, storms had pounded California, and rivers in the southern San Joaquin Valley were overflowing. Levees were breaching.
The next big California storm could destroy Stockton | Grist
Jan 19, 2023 · Stockton faces extreme flood risk from the San Joaquin River, which drains through the Central Valley toward the Pacific Ocean. The city’s only flood protection comes from decades-old levees....
Floodwaters in the San Joaquin Valley threaten homes and ... - NPR
Mar 22, 2023 · Residents in California's San Joaquin Valley are assessing damage and what's next for them following a series of strong storms that flooded farms and homes, threatening crops and jobs.
Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut ...
Dec 27, 2023 · CORCORAN, Calif. — Earlier this year, as floodwaters rushed toward the San Joaquin Valley city of Corcoran — home to roughly 20,000 people and a sprawling maximum-security state prison —...
'We Are in Big Trouble': Newsom Cuts $40 Million Meant to ... - KQED
Mar 29, 2023 · Gov. Gavin Newsom eliminated $40 million for restoring floodplains, halting projects that help protect vulnerable, marginalized communities like Stockton. San Joaquin Valley legislators are pushing back.
Tulare Lake threatens farms, towns in California’s Central Valley
Apr 6, 2023 · With even more water expected to drain into the Tulare Lake basin in the coming months, the return of this lost lake is reviving a battle of man vs. nature in the San Joaquin Valley.
Water Whiplash: How the Valley's floods brought forth …
Jul 6, 2023 · In a matter of months, the San Joaquin Valley flip-flopped from severe drought to severe flooding. And now, as the big snowpack in the Sierra Nevada becomes the “Big Melt” in the Valley, who’s underwater, who’s helping clean up, and what does it …
California flooding in Central Valley forces thousands to evacuate
Mar 20, 2023 · Thousands of people in the rural San Joaquin Valley have been forced to leave their homes as rivers and creeks have swelled from recent storms, putting neighborhoods and farms underwater —...