Stunning drone photos over Lake Oroville show drought emergency in Northern California
Stunning drone photographs of Lake Oroville help illustrate the drought emergency declared by Gov. Gavin Newsom in two Northern California counties. Water levels at Lake Oroville [the keystone reservoir of the State Water Project, which supplies water to 27 million Californians] have dropped to 42% of its 3,537,577 acre foot capacity. Conditions are particularly acute in Mendocino and Sonoma counties because the local water supply depends on rainfall in the Russian River watershed.
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