's second-largest reservoir, Lake Oroville reached 100 percent capacity Monday, the product of heavy rains and melting snowpack from the surrounding mountains — all thanks to early 2023's stunning winter storms. Both Oroville and Lake Shasta, the state's largest reservoir, have now swollen to levels not seen across four years of extreme drought, which had been depleting the state's freshwater reserves since 2019.Lake Shasta, as seen in satellite imagery from 's Earth Observatory, is at 97 percent capacity with its surroundings getting greener every day.
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