Local officials and experts said the water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began sending downstream on Friday could have been helpful to farmers later this year. President Trump, in an apparent reference to the move,

President Donald Trump claimed that the military entered California and turned on the water, but state water officials say the president's claim is false.

It's unclear exactly what, if anything, was "turned on" in California, but the Department of Water Resources said no military entered the state.