At the time, the lake remained at about a quarter of its original size for a few years after being dry for decades. A 1876 map of Tulare County shows a vast lake nearly a thousand square miles in ...

The lake bed is essentially a 790-square-mile bathtub — the size of four Lake Tahoes — that dates back to the ice age. Mammoths once sipped at Tulare Lake’s shores, and tule elk ranged in ...

(KSEE/KGPE) — For more than a century the former lakebed of Tulare Lake has been turned into farmland in California’s Central Valley. The footprint of the lake, when full, could reach 690 squ… ...

(KSEE/KGPE) — For more than a century the former lakebed of Tulare Lake has been turned into farmland in California’s Central Valley. The footprint of the lake, when full, could reach 690 squ… ...

Tulare Lake's rebirth will reshape life in the San Joaquin Valley for years to come. But longtime residents remain committed to the region and its remarkable seasonal rhythms.

As California’s snow melts, the revived Tulare Lake could triple in size by summer, threatening the surrounding communities and costing billions in losses. CNN values your feedback 1.

Readers make the case for restoring Tulare Lake, once among the largest freshwater lakes in the U.S. Tulare Lake is reappearing. Let's try to keep it there - Los Angeles Times ...

-- New satellite images from the NASA Earth Observatory show that Tulare Lake is still growing in Kings County. The pictures show the progression of the flooding between March 2 and April 28.

Tulare Lake reemerged last year in the San Joaquin Valley after a series of intense atmospheric rivers brought heavy rain to the state. The original lake had disappeared 80 years ago when the land ...

Only one thing stands between the city of Corcoran and disastrous flooding: a 14-mile-long wall of dirt. That earthen levee protects the city of 22,500 on its west, south and east sides from the ...

Satellite images taken over the past six weeks have captured the re-emergence of Tulare Lake in California’s San Joaquin Valley and show how suddenly water flooded and settled across miles of ...

In 1983, when a long-lasting snowmelt submerged about 130 square miles of the lake bed, the damage just in Kings County cost nearly $300 million in today’s dollars, and the water took two years ...