See a California Town Buried in RecordBreaking Snow

California is breaking records once again. State officials on Monday announced that the levels of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains have reached historic depths, after a season in which more than a dozen major storms dumped intense amounts of precipitation on the state. Each winter, California’s Department of Water Resources conducts surveys to measure the level of snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas, which provide water to more than 75% of the state’s population. On Monday, surveyors measured 126.5 inches (321 centimeters) of snow at one station, a jaw-dropping 221% of average for this time of year. The measurements from…