Newsom visits flood-threatened town of Corcoran as California heat wave kicks off 'big melt'
As historic storms fill once-dry Tulare Lake and submerge prime California farmland, tensions are building over how to handle the swiftly rising floodwaters.12 California Assemblymembers
“Restoring floodplains is a critical and cost-effective flood prevention tool,” they wrote. “As water levels in rivers rise due to rain and snowmelt, floodplains offer opportunities to divert that water to mitigate flooding. Floodplains allow water to flow outside of a river’s main channel and temporarily store it to prevent damage. They also provide space for recreation, habitat for wildlife, and can recharge groundwater to improve water supplies.
“Flood, as a general matter, is a landscape scale — it is a regional challenge. It just screams regional coordination to make it actually work,” she said.
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