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California's Drought Drying Up Lake Oroville

Video Credit: CBS 13 Sacramento - Duration: 02:42s - Published
California's Drought Drying Up Lake Oroville

California's Drought Drying Up Lake Oroville

When it's full, the lake sits around 900 feet.

But water levels have been dropping fast in recent weeks.

Now it's down to 655 feet.

The record low was reached back in 1977 and the lake is only about 12 feet from that point.


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