Lake Powell Rose Five Feet in a Week. Lake Mead Is Still at the Bottom. What the Four Corners Flood Did, and Did Not Do, for the Colorado River

Going up: Water level at Lake Powell rises after recent rainstorms

Lake Powell is experiencing a sudden reversal in its water level fortunes, thanks to rainstorms that have pounded the region in the past week.

Heavy rain in southeast Utah has prompted a rise in Lake Powell’s water level. Here’s how much.

Heavy rain and flooding in southeastern Utah and the Four Corners area has produced a side benefit: A substantial rise in Lake Powell's water level.

How did last week’s Animas River flows compare with historical records?

River peaked at 11,200 cubic feet per second Friday, less than half its all-time recorded high

Lake Powell rose five feet in a week. Lake Mead is still at the bottom. What the Four Corners flood did, and did not do, for the Colorado River

Lake Powell rose five feet in a week. Lake Mead is still at the bottom. What the Four Corners flood did, and did not do, for the Colorado River mps-post Sun, 10/25/2026 - 09:30 Image (Kiowa County Press) Three Pacific storms in five weeks have soaked the Southwest, and the third one, the remnants of Hurricane Trudy, turned into the flood that tore through southwest Colorado and northwest New Mexico on October 22 and 23. The water is now arrivi…