A mailbox is seen along Dairy Avenue, about 4 miles south of Corcoran where flooding is re-creating the historic Tulare Lake. Photographed Wednesday, March 22, 2023 near Corcoran, California.

As historic storms fill once-dry Tulare Lake and submerge prime California farmland, tensions are building over how to handle the swiftly rising floodwaters. March 24, 2023 Calls for assistance ...

A mailbox is seen along Dairy Avenue, about 4 miles south of Corcoran where flooding is re-creating the historic Tulare Lake. Photographed Wednesday, March 22, 2023 near Corcoran, California.

A mailbox is seen along Dairy Avenue, about 4 miles south of Corcoran where flooding is re-creating the historic Tulare Lake. Photographed Wednesday, March 22, 2023 near Corcoran, California.

Col. Allensworth State Historic Park is nearby. CORCORAN IS ON HIGH ALERT. Corcoran, a city of about 22,000, ... Photographed Wednesday, March 22, 2023 near Corcoran, California.

Col. Allensworth State Historic Park is nearby. CORCORAN IS ON HIGH ALERT. Corcoran, a city of about 22,000, ... Photographed Wednesday, March 22, 2023 near Corcoran, California.

The state of California is stepping in to contribute millions of dollars to raise the levee protecting the city of Corcoran and a pair of nearby state prisons from the ongoing flooding in the ...

A mailbox is seen along Dairy Avenue, about 4 miles south of Corcoran where flooding is re-creating the historic Tulare Lake. Photographed Wednesday, March 22, 2023 near Corcoran, California.

Col. Allensworth State Historic Park is nearby. CORCORAN IS ON HIGH ALERT. Corcoran, a city of about 22,000, ... Photographed Wednesday, March 22, 2023 near Corcoran, California.

A mailbox is seen along Dairy Avenue, about 4 miles south of Corcoran where flooding is re-creating the historic Tulare Lake. Photographed Wednesday, March 22, 2023 near Corcoran, California.