Tulare Lake used to be the largest lake west of the Mississippi River. Farmers diverted the lake's water in the 1920s and replaced it with farmland. This year's rain and snowmelt have replenished ...

A once-mighty body of water is rising again in Central California. Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River and was last full in 1878. It was mostly drained ...

In Kings County, floodwaters are covering a large area of agricultural land in the Tulare Lake Basin. Photos captured by the NASA Earth Observatory between March 2 and April 1 show a huge increase ...

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. -- New satellite images from the NASA Earth Observatory show that Tulare Lake is still growing in Kings County. The pictures show the progression of the flooding between March ...

MORE: Photos show dramatic difference in water ... Flooded road is shown near Tulare Lake, located in California's Central Valley, on June 6, 2023. Citizen of the Planet via UIG via Getty Images ...

(KSEE/KGPE) – Images from NASA’s Earth Observatory show how the once-extinct Tulare Lake has come back to life thanks to the series of atmospheric rivers that started hitting California in ...

A California “ghost lake” that disappeared in the 19th century is making its grand return after 130 years, swallowing up 94,000 acres and counting of private farmland. The Tulare Lake in ...

But he still gazed at the lake in awe and pulled out his phone to take photos of the spectacle. For a few minutes, we both marveled at the sparkling Tulare Lake, seeming to stretch out before us ...

Tulare Lake wasn’t always something from the past. Back in the 1800s, it was the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. But things started to change in the late 19th century.

After a disappearance lasting over 130 years, California’s Tulare Lake has returned, reclaiming its place in the San Joaquin Valley and swallowing approximately 94,000 acres of private farmland.