http://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-com-colorado-river-rising-lake-mead-drought-1774604 > As storms continue to batter the Southwest, water levels in the region's drought-stricken Colorado River are beginning to rise. > "These storms have delivered above average snowpack for this time of year, as well as above normal river flows," Haley Paul, Arizona policy director for the non-profit environmental organization the National Audubon Society, told Newsweek.