For the second day in a row, a torrent of water on Sunday flowed over the Anderson Reservoir spillway, marking a phenomenon that hadn’t happened for 11 years until this weekend. The Morgan Hill reservoir hovered around 101.4 percent of its maximum capacity as of Sunday afternoon, but that number could rise as an impending […]
California Department of Water Resources officials reached their goal of getting water levels in Lake Oroville 50 feet below the dam crest Monday.The reservoir reached 50 feet below capacity as of 6 a.m. Monday. The 850-foot mark is important because it gives ground crews more flexibility for water flowing into the lake during this week’s […]
By now we have all seen the spectacular images of volumes of water crashing down the Oroville Dam spillway in California and blasting upward into the air as they hit an enormous crater in the spillway floor, flooding down the adjacent hillside, threatening people in towns below. Those images reveal a big mistake: failure to […]
Earlier this week, while areas downstream of Oroville Dam were still under an evacuation order, California’s State Water Resources Control Board released a draft resolution for a comprehensive response to climate change. It resolves that the agency will embed climate science into all its existing work, both to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and to build […]
In a region that has seen so much drought over the last decade, the prospect of moisture would be a welcome one. But right now, not so much. The state of California has seen more moisture in the last few weeks than it typically gets in a year and this could actually turn into their […]
It’s raining in California. Again. A storm system hitting north and central California on Monday and Tuesday will deliver two to three inches of rain to the Central Valley, and up to 10 inches of rain to the mountains, said Eric Kurth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. The service has issued […]
Anderson Reservoir Continues To Spill, Nearby Residents Warned About Flooding Risk
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /NBC San Diegoby Rick BooneFor the second day in a row, a torrent of water on Sunday flowed over the Anderson Reservoir spillway, marking a phenomenon that hadn’t happened for 11 years until this weekend. The Morgan Hill reservoir hovered around 101.4 percent of its maximum capacity as of Sunday afternoon, but that number could rise as an impending […]
Lake Oroville Reaches Goal; 11 Sickened At Shelter
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Record Searchlight (Redding)California Department of Water Resources officials reached their goal of getting water levels in Lake Oroville 50 feet below the dam crest Monday.The reservoir reached 50 feet below capacity as of 6 a.m. Monday. The 850-foot mark is important because it gives ground crews more flexibility for water flowing into the lake during this week’s […]
California Dam Crisis Could Have Been Averted
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Scientific American (Armonk, NY)by Jane Braxton LittleBy now we have all seen the spectacular images of volumes of water crashing down the Oroville Dam spillway in California and blasting upward into the air as they hit an enormous crater in the spillway floor, flooding down the adjacent hillside, threatening people in towns below. Those images reveal a big mistake: failure to […]
BLOG: Learning from Oroville: Water Board Proposes Climate Change Resolution
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Juliet Christian-SmithEarlier this week, while areas downstream of Oroville Dam were still under an evacuation order, California’s State Water Resources Control Board released a draft resolution for a comprehensive response to climate change. It resolves that the agency will embed climate science into all its existing work, both to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and to build […]
California Is Getting Too Much Of A Good Thing
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Fox 9 (Eden Prairie, Minn.)by Cody MatzIn a region that has seen so much drought over the last decade, the prospect of moisture would be a welcome one. But right now, not so much. The state of California has seen more moisture in the last few weeks than it typically gets in a year and this could actually turn into their […]
California Braces For More Rain. How Bad Can It Get?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The New York Timesby Erin McCannIt’s raining in California. Again. A storm system hitting north and central California on Monday and Tuesday will deliver two to three inches of rain to the Central Valley, and up to 10 inches of rain to the mountains, said Eric Kurth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. The service has issued […]