After weeks of heavy rains and flooding, most of California’s reservoirs are holding more water than normal for this time of year, but groundwater has not yet been replenished.
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January 20, 2023
California’s Nicasio Reservoir is at 100% capacity after a series of atmospheric river events in January 2023 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
California finally dry forecast Three weeks of heavy rains have brought floods and disaster declarations across much of the state. All of its water is the result of nine “atmospheric rivers” (warm, water-laden air drawn from the tropics), freed from historic droughts. But California is still working out how to manage the increasingly erratic fluctuations between wet and dry seasons projected under climate change. …
