A California "ghost lake" Tulare Lake that disappeared in the 17th century is making its grand return after 130 years, swallowing up 94,000 acres and counting of private farmland.

Tulare Lake, which refilled for the first time in 40 years after atmospheric river storms pummeled California , will take at least a year to evaporate entirely, experts said.

California’s ‘phantom lake’ returns with a vengeance, unearthing an ugly history of water A mailbox stands in the floodwaters that have innundated farms near the community of Stratford ...

Shasta Lake, the largest reservoir in the state and cornerstone of California’s Central Valley Project, is now at 97% of its total capacity, and 119% of its historical average.