http://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-com-lake-shasta-water-level-rising-1773582 > As relentless rain continues to batter the Golden State, water levels in California's drought-stricken reservoirs appear to be on the rise. The state's largest reservoir, Lake Shasta, received over 13 inches of rain in the first 11 days of 2023, but its water levels are still below what they usually are at this time of year. > "We've had three consecutive years of drought, probably one of the worst droughts California has ever experienced," Ernest Conant, regional director of the California branch of the U.S. Bureau for Reclamation, told Newsweek.