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Rain lifts lake level, but only briefly
Corps expects Lanier to continue downward trend in summer
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Elizabeth Atunez, left, and Ruth Vasquez relax on a bench in Longwood Park next to an area that should be covered with water. Recent rains have had little overall effect on the level of Lake Lanier. - photo by Tom Reed
The level of Lake Lanier has risen from 1,063.50 feet above sea level at midnight on July 10 to 1,063.62 feet at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday. While that sounds like a steady upward trend, a closer look shows it’s been anything but. More than half of that increase occurred between July 10 and 11, according to the website of the U.S. Geological Survey.