Tulare Lake Revived by Rains and Snowpack, But Brings Flood Worries to Residents.

Historic rains and snow have brought Tulare Lake, a massive freshwater body drained a century ago by agricultural canals, back to life in California's Central Valley, inundating farmland and threatening tens of thousands of people. The rising waters now threaten the surrounding San Joaquin Valley, a huge agricultural area that grows nuts, fruit, and vegetables. The return of the lake has brought concerns about the future and who will get flooded first. The lake could exist for two years and continue to fill as runoff from an unprecedented amount of snow in the southern Sierra melts.