The 'big melt' of the massive snowpack piled up across the Sierra range over the winter months has begun as a heat wave grips the region with temperatures forecast to reach near record highs later in the week.
With 700 to 800 inches of snow having accumulated across the range during a winter filled with atmospheric rivers, forecasters and water officials are now casing wary eyes at rapidly rising water levels in rivers and creeks.
Among the areas covered by the alerts are Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park, where the Merced River has already flowed over its banks at the Pohono Bridge. Forecasters also warned residents to stay away from the churning waters. They are extremely cold and if you fall in you, you won't survive for long.
After more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped record rain and epic snowfall on California, a reservoir that typically stores water upstream is expected to receive three times its capacity. Today, paved roads vanish beneath the lake's lapping waves and utility poles and trees jut out above the water, vestiges of land-living put on hold. Fields that typically grow wheat, tomatoes, and other crops lie underneath.
In a week, more than 200 people volunteered to help neighbors through the network, and the group's website received more than 4,000 hits.The winter rains were welcomed by California's parched cities and desperate growers, who have been grappling with intense drought for the past several years.
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