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.

Construction is underway to raise the levee protecting the city of Corcoran. But it’s not the first time the embankment has needed to be raised.

Most of the San Joaquin Valley land inundated by Tulare Lake has been cultivated farmland. But homes are at stake too, as the water rises around them.

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.