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California community braces for floods

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Farmland in the Tulare Lake Basin is submerged in water in Corcoran, Calif., April 20, after more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped record-setting rain and snowfall. Residents in rural communities in the heart of the state are facing the prospect of being marooned by rising rivers or flooded out.
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A boat crosses Pine Flat Lake as snow-capped mountains are visible in the distance in the Sierra National Forest, Calif., April 21. The reservoir can hold up to 1 million acre feet of water and is expected to receive more than 3 million acre feet this spring from the melting snow, according to David Merritt, general manager for the Kings River Conservation District.
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Heavy equipment reinforces levees in preparation of possible flooding as farmland in the Tulare Lake Basin is submerged in water in Corcoran, Calif., April 20, after more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped record-setting rain and snowfall. Officials want to raise the levee another 3.5 feet, city officials said.
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A tractor sits in flood water on the Hansen Ranches property after a series of storms, April 25, in Corcoran, Calif.
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An airboat is pushed out onto Tulare Lake after a series of storms April 25, in Corcoran, Calif.
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Farmland in the Tulare Lake Basin is submerged in water in Corcoran, Calif., April 20, after more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped record-setting rain and snowfall. Residents in rural communities in the heart of the state are facing the prospect of being marooned by rising rivers or flooded out.

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