Lake Tahoe Back Up To Natural Rim After Wet May

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A wet May has pushed Lake Tahoe back up to its natural rim, but the lake will soon start dropping again because of the four-year drought.

Federal Water Master Chad Blanchard told the Reno Gazette-Journal that it's the first time Tahoe has been so high since dropping below the rim last October.

He says the lake straddling the Nevada-California border could hover near its rim for a week or two, but it will likely be a couple of feet below its rim by late summer or early fall.

At the lowest point in February, Tahoe was nearly 8 inches below its rim.

The lake's natural rim is at 6,223 feet elevation, and only a small flow of water is going over it and into the Truckee River at Tahoe City, California.