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Flooding concerns increase as CA snowmelt ramps up

Los Angeles Aqueduct Cascades

Ski season lengthened by spring snow

In this photo provided by Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, fresh snow falls in the guest drop-off area in Mammoth Mountain in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., on Friday, April 15, 2022. California storms have blanketed the Sierra Nevada in snow. Winter isn't quite ready to give up its grip on the Eastern Sierra. Mammoth Mountain is expecting a foot of fresh snow Saturday. (Peter Morning/MMSA via AP)

CA is about to see how bad this drought really is

The Los Angeles Aqueduct carries water from the snowcapped Sierra Nevada Mountains, which carry less snow than normal, to major urban areas of southern California on May 9, 2008, near Lone Pine, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

California snowpack well below average after 2 historically …

In this photo provided by the California Department of Water Resources, Lauren Alkire, left, and Sean de Guzman, manager of snow surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, conduct the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., on March 1, 2022. California's winter mountain snowpack is far below average after two historically dry months that reversed the gains from storms late last year, officials said Tuesday as they urged the nation's most populous state to conserve water. (Kenneth James/California Department of Water Resources via AP)

Truck driver dies after high winds overturn big rig in …

CHP airlifts 2 people, dog who were snowed in Sierra Nevada …

CHP on Feb. 2 shared this image of a Sierra Nevada cabin where two people and a dog were snowed in.

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See the dramatic change in California’s snowpack …

Sean de Guzman, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources, right, places the snowpack measuring tube of a scale held by DWR's Anthony Burdock, center, as DWR's Andy Reising, left, looks on during the second snow survey of the season held at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. The survey found the snowpack at 48.5 inches with 19 inches of snow water content. That's 109% of the historical average at this time of the year. But statewide, the water in the snowpack is 92%. (Kenneth James / California Department of Water Resources via AP)

California is now out of the worst drought category; …

U.S. Drought Monitor maps of California from Sept. 28, 2021, left, and Jan. 11, 2022, right.

Sierra snowpack measures well above normal during …

Anthony Burdock, left, and Sean de Guzman, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources, check the depth of the snow pack during the first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. The survey found the snowpack at 78.5 inches deep with a water content of 20 inches. Statewide, the snow holds 160% of the water it normally does this time of year. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

See dramatic change in California’s drought in just …

Side-by-side maps show California's drought conditions improved between Dec. 21 and Dec. 28. (U.S. Drought Monitor)

How California’s snowpack looks after storms dump …

Glenbrook Basin and Loma Rica Ranch remain covered in about a foot of snowfall, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, in Grass Valley, Calif. Snow, ice and unseasonable cold in the Pacific Northwest and the Sierra Nevada are continuing to disrupt traffic, cause closures and force people to find refuge in emergency warming shelters. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)

Stretch of I-80 remains closed in California as winter …

This image from video provided by Caltrans District 3 shows a closed westbound I-80 on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. The road from Colfax, Calif., to the Nevada state line was closed due to heavy snowfall. (Caltrans District 3, via AP)

‘It’s snowmaggedon’: Record-breaking Sierra snow …

Spring Street in Nevada City, calif., was socked in with snow and downed tree limbs, on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)