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Valley Faces Record Snowpack and Flood Runoff
San Joaquin Valley residents watch Sierra snowpack as runoff rises. Army engineers say releases from foothill dams should control water with minimal agricultural damage and no major urban flooding, though Tulare Lake Basin faces ongoing flooding risk. Buena Vista Lake also fills, but officials see no broad threat. Weather and sudden warm shifts remain the wild card.
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Bennion
Tulare Lake
Hanford
Buena Vista Lake
Bakersfield
Kern
Tulare
Harold Russell
Buena Vista
Army Engineers
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Friant Dam
San Joaquin River