TULARE LAKE SHORELINE ... the airboat for about $95,000 and trained five deputies how to operate it. The lake flooded private land, so technically, wading or boating into the waters is a form ...

Once the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi, Tulare Lake in California's San Joaquin Valley vanished over a ...

They try to run it out someplace else,” he said. Tulare Lake’s resurgence is great, he said, but the troubles that come with it — flooded farmland, lost profits — are man-made.

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Last year's record storms led to the return of the long-time dry Tulare Lake as waters flooded into the basin, putting vast swaths of farmland underwater.

Tulare Lake earned the nickname "ghost lake" because it vanished over a century ago after its water was diverted for farming.

because of Tulare Lake’s resurrection, is buying its own airboat. Image Foster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens on a property in Corcoran, had to evacuate during the flooding.Credit ...

The flooding will only increase over the next few months as the state’s record snowpack melts, dousing the area with the equivalent of 60 inches of rain. Tulare Lake has always emerged during ...

Tulare Lake, which refilled for the first time in ... require a substantial cleanup effort once the water has gone, as flooded farm buildings, vehicles, homes and electrical infrastructure still ...

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. "The story with the flooding in ...

When heavy runoff caused flooding along the San Joaquin in 2006, politicians made loud calls to let the water flow back into Tulare Lake where it belongs. "And I can tell you ladies and gentlemen ...

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.