California's Snowpack At Nearly 250% Above Average After Repeated Storms

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 19: Water flows from Bridalveil Fall (R) as recent snowfall rests on trees in Yosemite Valley, as clouds start to clear from the last of a series of atmospheric river storms to hit California, on January 19, 2023 in Yosemite National Park, California. California has been slammed by a barrage of atmospheric river storms over the last three weeks which led to record rainfall, widespread flooding and 20 deaths. The storms also delivered massive amounts of snowfall to the Sierra Nevada mountains raising California’s snowpack to nearly 250 percent above average. Meltwater from California’s snowpack provides an essential source of water to the state and the widespread precipitation has led to a lower drought status as reservoirs have begun to fill across California. President Joe Biden is set to visit the storm-damaged California coast today. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)