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December 1937 – The storm of December 1937 was a high-elevation event in the northeast corner of the state. [1] February–March 1938 – Flood in Los Angeles was caused by two Pacific storms that swept across the Los Angeles Basin in and generated almost one year's worth of precipitation in just a few days.
Pages in category "2010 floods" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides; R.
At the beginning of December, the Santa Ana winds fanned wildfires across southern California, which were fueled by a lack of rainfall during what is normally the region's rainy season. [8] The December fires burned 307,953 acres (124,624 ha) of which 281,893 acres (114,078 ha) were burned during the Thomas Fire , the largest fire in the state ...
When rainstorms like this week’s powerful atmospheric river hit California, the earth begins to move. Water rushing down mountains and hills picks up soil and vegetation, as well as boulders ...
Mudslides, drowned highways, upended homes: Scenes from Southern California's atmospheric river Angie Orellana Hernandez, Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Nathan Solis, Melissa Gomez, Hailey Branson-Potts ...
Video captures the heartbreaking moment a woman discovers her parents are missing in the aftermath of the devastating California mudslides. Woman in desperate search for parents after devastating ...
In March 2006, Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, allocated $667,000 for a scientific study to determine control measures to be taken to prevent future landslides. [ citation needed ] In 2008, family members of those killed and or who suffered loss of property in the 2005 La Conchita Landslide filed a lawsuit against the La Conchita ...
Landslides are of course a global phenomenon, and scientists are identifying climate change-fueled landslide risks across the world. Cyclone Gabriel in New Zealand triggered more than 140,000 ...