And the resurrected Tulare Lake (pronounced too-LAIR-ee), already more vast than all but one of California’s reservoirs, could remain for two years or longer, causing billions of dollars in ...

Tulare Lake may have continued to turn up blue on most maps but it was pretty much a mirage. Floodwaters from a break in levees in the vast and fertile San Joaquin Valley engulf structures of a ...

NEW YORK — Farmers in one of the most prominent agricultural communities in the country will likely be living an underwater nightmare for the foreseeable future. Central California's Tulare Lake ...

Most have obeyed, he said, but it isn’t easy. Tulare Lake has been a hazard and, for many farmers, an economic disaster, Sgt. Ferrier said. But in some respects, he added, it also is “freaking ...

An 1873 map of California showing the former boundaries of Tulare Lake. Early American settlers drained the lake and planted crops on the dried lake bed. David Rumsey Map Collection ...

Water is quickly flooding back into California’s Tulare Lake Basin, engulfing towns and farms, submerging roads, and reviving a so-called phantom lake.Tulare was once the largest freshwater lake ...

The lake used to fill the lower area of the Tulare Basin—which is located to the south of California's San Joaquin Valley. The basin is shaped like a huge bowl.

It is not common knowledge in California that the Tulare Basin happens to be the land of the king. And this king’s empire, anchored at the bottom of the lake, can hold some sway.

Before the Gold Rush, Tulare Lake covered about 800 square miles, Arax said. “The lake was the most dominant feature on the California map,” he said.

1:28 p.m. April 18, 2024 A previous version of this article said the Tulare Lake basin was put on probation for failing to adopt sufficient measures to address chronic groundwater overpumping.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Agricultural fields in California's Tulare Lake Basin could be underwater for years to come, experts say ...