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The resulting flooding in the Central Valley and other low-lying areas forced over 120,000 people from their homes and caused over $2 billion in property damage alone. 48 out of California's 58 counties were declared disaster areas with many streamflow gauge stations in these areas recording return intervals of over 100 years. It would take ...
Sketch of the accident site. The San Bernardino train disaster (sometimes known as the Duffy Street incident), was a combination of two separate but related incidents that occurred in San Bernardino, California, United States: a runaway train derailment on May 12, 1989; and the subsequent failure on May 25, 1989, of the Calnev Pipeline, a petroleum pipeline adjacent to the tracks which was ...
The blaze in the Sierra Nevada foothills town killed 85 residents and destroyed 11,000 homes on Nov. 8, 2018.
California fire seasons are growing longer and more destructive. This year's still-raging Dixie fire quickly flared into one of the largest yet. Worst fires in California history: Dixie, Camp and more
The resulting flooding in the Central Valley and other low-lying areas forced over 120,000 people from their homes and caused over $2 billion in property damage alone. 48 out of California's 58 counties were declared disaster areas with many streamflow gauge stations in these areas recording return intervals of over 100 years. It would take ...
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 flood stands as arguably the park's worst natural disaster to date (some would give this designation to the rockfall of 1996 or the Rim Fire of 2013), and inarguably the worst flood in park history. [3] [4] The Merced River at Happy Isles peaked at 10,100 cubic feet per second during the flood. [4]