Officials give major update following ‘biblical’ winter conditions: ‘A full and successful water year’

April showers might bring May flowers, but in Northern California, stormy winters bring springtime fish and agricultural prosperity.

The Klamath Basin has been stuck in heavy drought for many years, but a stormy winter — one so intense that a county official described it as “biblical” — finally helped replenish the water supply, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

“After eight years of dry hydrologic conditions and regulatory challenges, the Klamath Project water users are poised to have a full and successful water year,” Adam Nickels, acting regional director with the area’s Bureau of Reclamation, said in a statement…

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