Lake Oroville in California Rises Nearly 20 Feet in 10 Days

In 2014, California suffered one of its worst droughts in a century, and lakes and reservoirs around the state were drying up. Thankfully, El Niño came along this winter, filling up some of those parched bodies of water at a rapid pace.
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In 2014, California suffered one of its worst droughts in a century, and lakes and reservoirs around the state were drying up. Thankfully, El Niño came along this winter, filling up some of those parched bodies of water at a rapid pace.

According to hourly mappings by the state’s department of water resources (DWR), Lake Oroville has had its water levels rise by a stunning 17 feet in just 10 day, KRCR News reports.

“This is excellent, this is what we need,” Kevin Wright of the DWR told KRCR.

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