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The St. John's River was named after Loomis St. John [4] [5] and was a product of the 1862 flood. [6] In 1889, the Tulare Irrigation District was organized, and that body constructed a series of canals which diverted water from the river. From one-half to one-third of the water was lost as it coursed through the unlined canals. [7]
[4]: 3.6-4 The California Department of Water Resources's schematic map of the Yolo Bypass, 2009. Congress approved the Sacramento River Flood Control Project in 1911, with a plan to divert the water through multiple weirs and bypasses. The Yolo Bypass is one of two major bypasses in the Sacramento Valley that helps deter urban flooding. [5]
State Route 4 (SR 4) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California, routed from Interstate 80 in the San Francisco Bay Area to State Route 89 in the Sierra Nevada. It roughly parallels the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a popular area for boating and fishing, with a number of accesses to marinas and other attractions.
The flash flood threat is continuing in southern California on Tuesday, the National Weather Service warned, at 11am local time. An additional 1-2 inches of rain is expected on already saturated ...
Beaufort County is under a storm surge warning until midnight Friday, and local officials discourage driving.
Amid dramatic ocean swells and drenching atmospheric rivers, a new report lays bare a hidden aspect of sea level rise that has been exacerbating flooding in the Bay Area.. The report, which was ...
The original Yolo Causeway opened on March 18, 1916 [4] as a two-lane structure 21 feet (6.4 m) wide and 16,538 feet (5,041 m; 3.1322 mi) long, [5] connecting what is now the city of West Sacramento with Davis, California. [2] Residents celebrated with the three day-long Causeway Celebration, held from May 11–14, 1916. [1]: 3.6–7
Before the rains started, California had been in an extreme drought. [16] Due to the storms, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on January 4, 2023. [17] President Joe Biden then declared a state of emergency in 17 California counties on January 9, 2023. [18]