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All types of floods can occur in California, though 90 percent of them are caused by river flooding in lowland areas. [1] [2] Such flooding generally occurs as a result of excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, excessive runoff, levee failure, tsunami, poor planning or built infrastructure, or a combination of these factors. Below is a list of ...
It caused $78 million of damage ($1.69 billion in 2023 dollars), [2] making it one of the costliest natural disasters in Los Angeles' history. [3] In response to the floods, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies began to channelize local streams in concrete, and built many new flood control dams and debris basins .
The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions of British Columbia and Mexico. It was preceded by weeks of continuous rains and snows that began in Oregon in November 1861 and continued into January 1862.
UTC time: 1933-03-11 01:54:00: ISC event: 905457: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: March 10, 1933 (): Local time: 5:54 P.M. PST [1]: Magnitude: 6.4 M w [2]: Depth: 10 km (6.2 mi) [2] Epicenter: 3]: Fault: Newport-Inglewood Fault [4]: Type: Strike-slip [5]: Areas affected: South Coast (California) United States: Total damage: $40 million [1]: Max. intensity: MMI VIII (Severe) [1]: Peak acceleration ...
This category includes articles on disasters in the United States State of California Wikimedia Commons has media related to Disasters and accidents in California . Subcategories
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
The Crescenta Valley flood occurred in New Year's Eve 1933 (December 31, 1933) and extended to New Year's 1934 (January 1, 1934) in the Crescenta Valley in Los Angeles County, California, inundating communities in the valley including La Crescenta-Montrose, La Cañada, and Tujunga. [1]
Formerly classified a hurricane, [1] it was the first tropical cyclone to directly affect California since the 1858 San Diego hurricane, [2] and is the only tropical cyclone of tropical-storm strength (or greater) to make landfall in the U.S. state of California. [3] The storm caused heavy flooding, leaving many dead, mostly at sea. [1]