California's Snowpack At Nearly 250% Above Average After Repeated Storms

MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 22: Cars pass a snowbank in front of a restaurant after a series of atmospheric river storms brought heavy snowfall to the region on January 22, 2023 in Mammoth Lakes, California. California was slammed by a barrage of atmospheric river storms which ended last week and delivered massive amounts of snowfall to the Sierra Nevada mountains raising California’s snowpack to nearly 250 percent above average. Meltwater from California’s snowpack provides an essential source of water to the state and the widespread precipitation has led to a lower drought status as reservoirs have begun to fill. (Footage by Mario Tama/Getty Images)