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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Battery of storms resurrect CA’s ‘phantom lake’ in Tulare

    There’s been so much flooding that Tulare Lake has re-emerged. It was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, and was mostly dry for more than a century.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Michell Eloy • Mar 30, 2023 • 1 min read

    There’s been so much flooding that Tulare Lake has re-emerged. It was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, and was mostly dry for more than a century.

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    LA’s oldest restaurants still stand, Tulare Lake gets new life
    1. 0:00Battery of storms resurrect CA’s ‘phantom lake’ in TulareYou’re reading this
    2. 10:04Why US government wants to overhaul organ transplant system
    3. 18:43These LA restaurants have stayed open for some 100 years
    4. 33:02Weekend film reviews: ‘Dungeons and Dragons,’ ‘Rye Lane,’ more
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