A dormant lake in California is refilling from constant rainstorms and will likely result in higher food prices nationwide

Food prices for milk and other items could soar after a formerly dormant California lake fills up again and threatens farmland.

Some Californians are happy that the heavy rains are curbing the drought the state has been experiencing, but the trade-off is negatively impacting farmlands and the food they produce.

The flooding of the water is causing Tulare Lake to reappear, a quiescent body of water once thought to be the largest freshwater lake in the western United States. It has grown to a size not seen in nearly four decades.

The following debacle could threaten the nationwide supply of almonds, pistachios, milk and fruit, resulting in higher food prices that are already straining Americans’ wallets.

“The problem this year is that it has only just begun. We may have water flowing at or near our flood level — in all of our creeks, by August or September,” said Matt Hurley, a former water manager in the area.

“This looming monster — a blanket of snow more than 50 feet deep that we haven’t seen in 75 years — is sitting up there, and we just don’t know how quickly it’s going to turn to water and come out of the mountains. ” he added.

And according to Randy McFarland, the public information officer for the Kings River Water Association, there is no natural outlet for the water.

“The only way it can be eliminated is through evaporation or through irrigation,” he explained.

This was the case before the lake was emptied for farmland more than a century ago four times the size of Lake Tahoe in wet years, which spans almost 1,000 square miles.

“The flooding is affecting everyone,” said Josephine Arellano, a business owner in Corcoran. “It affects companies. It affects the jobs in this field. And I don’t know how long it will be.”

Here’s more about the lake threatening farmland:

Return of Lake Tulare: Farmland will be affected as the lake basin fills upwww.youtube.com

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