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Navy Base San Diego, south of downtown, reported flooding in the late morning as a thick cell of precipitation moved over the area and put multiple streets and Interstate 15, which leads to Las ...
By January 10, flooding rains began to fall throughout San Diego County. Rising at a peak rate of two feet (0.6 m) per hour, Morena Reservoir filled and spilled on January 26, a mere 5 inches (13 cm) from the top of the dam. In the rest of the county, flooding washed out bridges, inundated neighborhoods and killed over 50 people.
The storm turned Avila Beach Road in San Luis Obispo County from a road to a river on Jan. 9 2023. A motorist died after ignoring road signs. Highway 41 is closed from Morro Bay to Atascadero due ...
Hundreds of San Diego homes and businesses were damaged or ruined in devastating floods after punishing rainfall fell Monday during a 'thousand-year storm.'
San Diego County Place Names A to Z. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications. p. 22. Chet Harritt Dam. A dam, built in 1962, to make Lake Jennings east of Lakeside in Quail Canyon. Chester (Chet) Harritt was the general manager of the Helix Irrigation District from 1926 to his death in 1948. Fetzer, Leland (2005). San Diego County Place Names A to Z ...
Extensive flooding occurred in the Napa and Russian rivers. Napa, north of San Francisco, recorded its worst flood to this time [29] while nearby Calistoga recorded 29 inches (740 mm) of rain in 10 days, creating a once-in-a-thousand-year rainfall event. [27] Records for 24-hour rain events were reported in the Central Valley and in the Sierra.
Over 5 inches of rain fell northeast of downtown San Diego, which triggered the intense flooding. At the city's airport, 2.73 inches were measured, setting a record for the most rain on any ...
The resulting flooding along Coyote Creek forced the evacuation of 14,000 people in San Jose [26] [27] [28] and caused $73 million in damage. [29] City workers reportedly tried to warn authorities of the flooding risk as much as a day before the river burst its banks, but it remains unclear why evacuations were not ordered until the flooding ...