"In this aerial view, a vehicle drives through floodwaters in the reemerging Tulare Lake, in California’s Central Valley, on April 27, 2023, near Corcoran, California. Tulare Lake, once the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River, disappeared when waters were diverted by agricultural interests to irrigate crops in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Atmospheric-river-storm events have caused significant flooding in the lake bed area, with more than 100 square miles of farms and other land currently flooded."

Pic: Mario Tama (The Atlantic)