The milestones marking California’s wettest year in decades continued to pile up Thursday, as state water officials said a reservoir high up in the Sierra Nevada has exceeded capacity for the first time in 21 years. Lake Davis began overflowing onto its earth-and-rock spillway Wednesday after a couple of light rainstorms this week, Department of Water Resources officials said. The last time the rain-filled lake reached capacity was in May 1996, and then only about a half-inch of water pushed over the top of the lake’s dam. Data this week show the lake pushed past capacity on Monday. It has rained more than twice the annual average in Northern California this season and more than 2 inches fell in the region this week.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 24, 2017 00:11 UTC