Incredible pictures show California’s Lake Oroville full of water following a crippling drought that left it at a critically low level.
The images provide a comparison between the reservoir in July 2021 and June 2023 – when it was filled completely for the first time since 2012.
Oroville’s water levels dipped to their lowest ever in late 2021, at just over 628 feet, or 24 percent capacity. Now, however, they’re measuring at 100 percent capacity, and 127 percent of where they usually are around this time of year.
The images provide a comparison between the reservoir in July 2021 and June 2023 – when it was filled completely for the first time since 2012.
Oroville’s water levels dipped to their lowest ever in late 2021, at just over 628 feet, or 24 percent capacity. Now, however, they’re measuring at 100 percent capacity, and 127 percent of where they usually are around this time of year. […]
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