2023 Central Valley Floods

Tulare Lake is expected to peak next week at more than 100,000-acres wide. That's nearly the size of Lake Tahoe.

As river flows reach historic highs, white water rafting outfitters are celebrating, but law enforcement agencies have restricted access to most riverfronts due to the extreme risk of injury and death.

KVPR and 1A are teaming up for a live virtual panel discussion on Tuesday, May 30, to ask: What can be done to help farmers during and after natural disasters?

Surging Sierra Nevada snowmelt claimed two more lives over the weekend after Fresno County rescue teams pulled the remains of young siblings out of the Kings River.

As temperatures rise, California’s record-breaking snowpack could be a ticking time bomb for the state’s most vulnerable residents, especially those living in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

The deluge from torrents of water surging down the Sierra Nevada mountains has caused billions of dollars in damages to farms and communities in parts of central California. But the whitewater rafting industry is thriving.

Subsidence – caused by too much groundwater pumping – is causing a recurring, multimillion dollar headache for local flood officials.

Rising rivers are stranding endangered riparian brush rabbits in California. Wildlife officials are searching out and relocating hundreds of them to help protect the species.

As temperatures climb and the “Big Melt” flows out of the Sierra Nevada, rising floodwaters have revealed that flood protection in the San Joaquin Valley is patchy at best.

Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the southern San Joaquin Valley Tuesday, April 25, 2023, to survey flooding around Tulare Lake.