Publication: L.A. Times

UCLA Expert: Daniel Swain: Assistant Researcher and Climate Specialist, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: Tulare Lake Basin has been spared from this spring’s expected catastrophic flooding.

UCLA News: Swain agreed the cool spring thus far has helped alleviate flooding concerns. “We’ve gotten relatively lucky so far,” he said. “We’ve threaded that needle — there’s been a lot of water coming downhill — but it has not all come downhill at once.”

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