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Kings River Photos and Video Capture Flooding, Rushing Water
GV Wire videographer Jahz Tello spent Tuesday morning capturing the sights in the Kings River bottom below Pine Flat Dam.
As you can see from the photos below, rain and run-off created by five atmospheric rivers since Christmas are saturating the formerly drought-parched landscape.
Watch: Heavy Rains Swell Lower Kings River
Rain starts to swell the riverbed near a small weir, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (GV Wire/Jahz Tello)
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Horses grazing in a Kings River pasture take Tuesday’s rain in stride. (GV Wire/Jahz Tello)
A look at the rising Kings River, which is running fast and muddy, from a vantage point atop Elwood Road below Pine Flat Dam. (GV Wire/Jahz Tello)
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A sign in eastern Fresno County warns of water ahead, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (GV Wire/Jahz Tello)
Even with 1 million acre-foot Pine Flat Dam capturing the run-off behind its walls, the river below is rising quickly because of a relentless parade of storms. (GV Wire/Jahz Tello)
