Late December rain pulled all of California out of drought conditions, and local lake levels are looking good.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Canyon Lake's water levels shot up past 60% after the devastating Fourth of July weekend storms. (Nicholas Hernandez/MySA) By June ...

Official data reveals how water levels at Lake Mead—a critical reservoir for several states in the western U.S.—evolved over the course of 2025. Lake Mead, located in the Colorado River Basin, is the ...

The Dec. 29 bomb cyclone winter storm brought wind gusts over 50 mph to much of Michigan — and those winds pushed water out of western Lake Erie in a massive way. A group of friends in Luna Pier ...

Lake Shasta waters went up 35 feet since wet atmospheric storms rolled over Shasta County this winter. The lake’s water level climbed to 1,029 feet as of Sunday, Jan. 4, according to the California ...

MONETA, Va. – Smith Mountain Lake is experiencing some of its lowest water levels in nearly a decade, creating challenges for boaters and local businesses. The community has been dealing with these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The strong winds over the last two days have been very revealing in places. That includes Lake Erie, in a phenomenon known as a ...

While California has faced recent downpours, water levels at Lake Mead sit at just 33 percent full. Lake Mead, in the Colorado River system, is an important supplier of water to the Golden State. It ...

Lake Casitas and Lake Piru inched closer to spilling this week, after early season storms drenched Ventura County and boosted ...

With more rain on the way, officials are carefully monitoring Lake Cachuma after it nearly reached capacity last week, leading to officials proactively releasing water from the reservoir. In order to ...

Lake Shasta and California’s other lakes and reservoirs got a big boost from wet holiday storms. Nearly two weeks into 2026, all of the state's 17 major reservoirs are brimming above their 30-year ...

That outlook changed abruptly in early July after the flooding sent massive inflows into Canyon Lake. In just days, the lake rose more than 10 feet, jumping from the low 880-foot range to near 890 ...