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California lowering dam water levels, warns of flood threat as storm hits

Por: Los Angeles Times Nation March 10, 2023

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With back-to-back storms to hit California in the coming days, state officials are scrambling to make strategic releases from key reservoirs in hopes of preventing a repeat of the deadly flooding that killed nearly two dozen people in January. At least 10 rivers are forecast to overflow from the incoming Pineapple Express storm, which is expected to drop warm, heavy, snow-melting rain as it moves from the Central Coast toward the southern Sierra... + full article



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