Though recent storms have cut California's drought by half, record snowpack will increase the threat of spring flooding, forecasters say.
is already occurring along the Sacramento, Salinas, Merced and San Joaquin rivers due to the recent storms, and “many rivers and streams along the Sierra Nevada foothills, especially in the San Joaquin Valley, will continue to run high through the next week from a combination of heavy rainfall and snowmelt,” the NOAA outlook said.
Such swells only add to the potential for flooding, as melting snow will arrive atop rivers, creeks and tributaries that could be running high.this season, compared with a normal full-season total of around 360 inches. Though the storms and associated floods have proved dangerous and deadly, they have also been a boon for water supplies and other conditions in the state. The latestshows nearly 64% of California is no longer classified in any category of drought, including 45% out of drought completely and 19% considered “abnormally dry.” That’s a remarkable turnaround from just three months ago, when nearly all of the state was deeply mired in record dryness.
On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — the wholesaler that supplies 26 agencies and 19 million people in the region —. That mandate, which went into effect last June, saw nearly 7 million people under strict water use limitations, including one- and two-day-a-week outdoor watering limits.
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