Vehicles pass along a highway snowplowed through deep snow after a series of atmospheric river storms on January 21, 2023 near Kirkwood, California. California was slammed by a barrage of atmospheric river storms in January, which delivered massive amounts of snowfall to the Sierra Nevada.(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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 too early and trigger major flooding.
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