Northern California’s major rivers swelled and then began receding during a pause between rainstorms Monday, leaving a trail of toppled trees and damaged roadways but no major urban flooding in Sacramento or elsewhere. The weekend’s big rainfall, the most Sacramento has seen in a two-day stretch since 2000, put another dent in the drought and […]
Emergency crews in rescue boats and helicopters rushed to take advantage of a one-day break between storms Monday to rescue stranded people and assess damage after the heaviest rain in a decade overwhelmed parts of California and Nevada. Wine country in Sonoma County, California, was among the hardest hit areas, with up to 13 inches […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /WaterWorld (Tulsa, Okla.)by Angela Godwin Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego took steps last week to determine interest in a new pumped storage opportunity at the San Vicente Reservoir site that could potentially help the region meet its future energy needs. The project would consist of an interconnection and pumping system between the existing […]
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing Tuesday to consider extending an interim urgency ordinance that would prohibit the flooding of agricultural land in the Delta in manners considered inconsistent with common practice. One year ago, supervisors adopted a 45-day emergency ordinance prohibiting flooding in the Delta. At the end […]
With the mother of all storms rolling across California over the weekend and more rain expected this week, can we declare the drought over? Not by a long shot. Granted, the landscape is looking greener, the reservoirs fuller and the Sierra snowpack deeper (it was at 103 percent of normal for this time of year […]
A powerful storm blasted the Sierra Nevada with waves of torrential rain and heavy snowfall on Sunday, leaving a vast swath of California bracing for potentially disastrous floods, avalanches and mudslides. The latest weather comes just days after the mountains around Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park received several feet of snow over the span […]
The Worst Of The Storms Is Over. Here’s What’s Next For California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale Kasler, Ryan Sabalow, Tony Bizjak and Phillip ReeseNorthern California’s major rivers swelled and then began receding during a pause between rainstorms Monday, leaving a trail of toppled trees and damaged roadways but no major urban flooding in Sacramento or elsewhere. The weekend’s big rainfall, the most Sacramento has seen in a two-day stretch since 2000, put another dent in the drought and […]
California Wine Country Hit Hard As Storms Rock West Coast
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by The Denver Post - Denver, Colo.)Emergency crews in rescue boats and helicopters rushed to take advantage of a one-day break between storms Monday to rescue stranded people and assess damage after the heaviest rain in a decade overwhelmed parts of California and Nevada. Wine country in Sonoma County, California, was among the hardest hit areas, with up to 13 inches […]
WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, January 9, 2017
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /WaterWorld (Tulsa, Okla.)by Angela Godwin Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego took steps last week to determine interest in a new pumped storage opportunity at the San Vicente Reservoir site that could potentially help the region meet its future energy needs. The project would consist of an interconnection and pumping system between the existing […]
Supervisors Will Discuss Intentional Non-ag Delta Flooding
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Recordnet (Stockton, Calif.)by Wes BowersThe San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing Tuesday to consider extending an interim urgency ordinance that would prohibit the flooding of agricultural land in the Delta in manners considered inconsistent with common practice. One year ago, supervisors adopted a 45-day emergency ordinance prohibiting flooding in the Delta. At the end […]
OPINION: Too Soon To Call An End To California’s Drought
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Francisco ChronicleWith the mother of all storms rolling across California over the weekend and more rain expected this week, can we declare the drought over? Not by a long shot. Granted, the landscape is looking greener, the reservoirs fuller and the Sierra snowpack deeper (it was at 103 percent of normal for this time of year […]
California Braces For Flooding, Avalanches As Sierra Gets Slammed With Rain, Snow
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Washington Postby Sage Sauerbrey, Angela Fritz and T. Rees ShapiroA powerful storm blasted the Sierra Nevada with waves of torrential rain and heavy snowfall on Sunday, leaving a vast swath of California bracing for potentially disastrous floods, avalanches and mudslides. The latest weather comes just days after the mountains around Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park received several feet of snow over the span […]