For the first time since winter storms began filling the long-drained Tulare Lake ... and “favorable weather conditions that have slowed snowmelt,” and claimed that 66,692 acre ...

If current conditions keep up, says UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain,this may be the worst flood for the Lake Tulare Basin yet. A group of unidentified men and a dog camping at the shores of ...

California officials said they believe tens of thousands of people living near an ancient freshwater lake bed are not likely to experience flooding this year thanks to improving weather conditions ...

California Officials Say Communities Near Refilling Tulare Lake Now Unlikely to Flood By Adam Beam | Associated Press • Published May 23, 2023 • Updated on May 23, 2023 at 4:28 am NBC ...

Tulare Lake in California's Central Valley was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, fed by a strong flow of snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada each spring.

TULARE COUNTY - A deadly disease is killing thousands of birds at Tulare Lake. The lake re-emerged after decades due to historic rainfall in the Central Valley. Currently, it spans about 50 ...

Tulare Lake used to be the largest freshwater lake in the Western U.S., fed by water flowing down from the Sierra Nevada. It dried up about 80 years ago when the land was re-developed for ...

Climate change is leading not only to droughts, wildfires, and extreme weather. It’s also leading to oxymorons—at least when ...

The department has been monitoring conditions daily. ... "The reason that we're out here in 1983 there was that Tulare Lake reemerged, and 30,000 birds died due to avian botulism.

If Tulare Lake refills, ... Usually, the basin offers ideal growing conditions for hot-weather crops like pistachios, almonds and tomatoes, but many crops will be lost if flooding continues.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reported that avian botulism was detected in a mallard duck and a white-faced ibis, both collected at Tulare Lake in the southern Central Valley.