Lake Shasta water level boosted by California wet weather, with more rain coming

Since last month’s atmospheric river that drenched the North State, the water level in Lake Shasta — California’s largest manmade reservoir — has shot up nearly 20 feet.

And after a few dry days this week, get ready for more rain in the northern Sacramento Valley as the region enters another wet pattern that is expected to go through Christmas.

As of Monday, the elevation at Shasta Dam was at 1,003 feet, 18 feet higher than where it stood in mid-November before the area got soaked with record amounts of rain that jump-started the water season, according to the California Department of Water Resources…

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