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Huge Sierra snowpack throws frozen wrench into campers’ plans

Emily and Jeremy Cross from Scotts Valley are planning to travel with their two boys to a family reunion in July at a Sierra Nevada campground. But a big, frozen question hangs over the trip: Will California’s near-record snowpack melt in time?

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California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct

LOS ANGELES — The Kern River is swollen with so much runoff from the epic Sierra Nevada snowpack that state water officials have decided to open a rarely used relief valve, diverting floodwaters into the California Aqueduct to be used as drinking water in Southern California.

Los Angeles Times

Campgrounds at California’s Yosemite National Park to close over flood threat as snowpack melts

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Nine riders in the frame for Jumbo-Visma's Tour de France squad, eight begin Sierra Nevada camp

Roglic not part of plans, Kuss a question mark, as Vingegaard, Van Aert and the rest take on three-week altitude camp

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Tadej Pogacar still on track for altitude camp in Tour de France build-up

Some minor schedule tweaks but 'if all goes well' Slovenian will join team camp at Sierra Nevada in mid-May

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Yosemite National Park will be closed for days due to flooding from melting snow

The Sierra Nevada region where the park is located experienced snowfall at over 300% than usual this past winter. Flooding may happen into May and June, the park said.

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US weather: California major flood warning as heatwave set to trigger 'big snow melt'

Rescue crews are set to be put on standby amid fears that a mini-heatwave will speed up Sierra Nevada snowpack melts and cause devastating flooding to communities such as those in the Tulare Basin

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Explosions, crushed buildings and flood fears. Mammoth Lakes thrown into chaos by snowfall

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — Worry and fear are running high in this snowbound Sierra Nevada ski town.

Los Angeles Times

Late-season storm brings more snow to the Sierra Nevada

The winter that wouldn’t quit has showed up again in the Sierra Nevada region of California and Nevada

The Independent UK

Where will California’s record snowpack melt into floods? It’s complicated

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After months of heavy rain across California and record snow in the southern Sierra Nevada, state officials warn that melting snow could turn into flooding as the state’s skies turn sunnier this spring and summer.

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‘We’ve lost the aqueduct’: How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline

OLANCHA, Calif. — For more than 100 years, the Los Angeles Aqueduct has endured earthquakes, flash floods and dozens of bomb attacks as it wends and weaves through the canyons and deserts of the eastern Sierra Nevada.

Los Angeles Times

As California drought retreats, threat of spring flooding rises

LOS ANGELES — Though California may be ending its winter with quenched reservoirs and near record snowpack, meteorologists are warning that the state will face increased flooding risk in the coming months as Sierra Nevada snowmelt fills rivers and streams.

Los Angeles Times

Climate is changing too quickly for the Sierra Nevada's 'zombie forests'

One in five Sierra Nevada conifers are no longer compatible with the environmental conditions around them, raising questions about how to manage the land. Researchers say it may get worse.

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As snow records fall along the eastern Sierra Nevada, fears loom over impending snowmelt

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — Snow began falling early and hard this season at the Mammoth Mountain ski resort, and the record-breaking amounts don’t look like they’ll stop anytime soon.

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‘A foundation of racism’: California’s antiquated water rights system faces new scrutiny

It’s an arcane system of water law that dates back to the birth of California — an era when 49ers used sluice boxes and water cannons to scour gold from Sierra Nevada foothills and when the state government promoted the extermination of Native people to make way for white settlers.

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New Atmospheric River To Raise Flood Risk, Drop More Mountain Snow In California

California will be affected by a storm system that was brewing over the Pacific Ocean at the beginning of the week.

Los Angeles Times

More than 16% of California moves out of drought, US report finds

LOS ANGELES — California’s remarkably wet winter has helped ease drought conditions considerably, with large swaths of the state — including the coast of Humboldt County, much of the snow-capped Sierra Nevada and the Santa Monica Mountains north of Malibu — no longer considered to be in drought, according to…

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California pounded by snowfall as storms shutter national parks

Storms push snow depths to near record levels in Sierra Nevada mountains, as brutal weather stretches across western US

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Colorado River crisis is so severe, Lake Mead and Lake Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes

LOS ANGELES — The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is the deepest it’s been in decades, but those storms that were a boon for Northern California won’t make much of a dent in the long-term water shortage for the Colorado River Basin — an essential source of supplies for Southern…

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Pacific Storm Train To Resume Along West Coast

Following a lull over the past few weeks, Pacific storms will once more make it to the West Coast of the United States

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Sierra Nevada snowpack hits biggest level in nearly 30 years

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack — the source of nearly one-third of California’s water supply — is at its highest level since 1995, boosting hopes that an end to the drought is near, but also raising concerns that a few warm spring storms could melt it…

The Independent UK

Colombia's Arhuacos strive for harmony with Mother Nature

The Arhuaco people in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have fended off incursions by Capuchin missionaries and by the illegal armed groups of Colombia's long civil conflict. They would prefer to focus on avoiding and repairing damage to Mother Earth.

The Guardian - US

Storms dumped snow on California. Will it bring a reprieve from the drought?

Extreme weather filled the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly a third of the state’s water supply

Los Angeles Times

Threatened red fox pops up south of Yosemite, increasing species’ survival chances

The sleek and tenacious Sierra Nevada red fox — once thought to have disappeared from the mountain range that bears its name — has been detected near the eastern boundary of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: The drought is over now, right? (Spoiler alert: No)

The storms keep coming, one after another after another, like a series of fire-hose blasts so relentless that meteorologists use terms like “atmospheric river,” “bomb cyclone” and “bombogenesis.” What happened to our formerly gentle old winter visitor, the “pineapple express”? Cities and highways have flooded in Northern California, and the…

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