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Flood control structures spared parts of Los Angeles County from destruction, while Orange and Riverside Counties experienced more damage. [1] The flood of 1938 is considered a 50-year flood. [2] 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]
The flood was commemorated in Woody Guthrie's song "Los Angeles New Year's Flood". [8] To honor the victims of that New Year's calamity and to mark its 75th anniversary, a small monument was dedicated January 1, 2004, at Rosemont and Fairway avenues in Montrose, near where the American Legion Hall had stood.
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Flood control structures spared parts of Los Angeles County from destruction, while Orange and Riverside Counties experienced more damage. [15] The flood of 1938 is considered a 50-year flood. [16] It caused $78 million of damage ($1.69 billion in 2023 dollars), [16] making it one of the costliest natural disasters in Los Angeles' history. [17]
A salvage crew tries to dig out a gravel truck damaged by flooding along the Los Angeles River on March 2, 1938. The truck was at the construction site of a railroad crossing for Union Pacific ...
Following this latest deluge of heavy rainfall, Downtown Los Angeles has now picked up 14.38 inches of rain since Jan. 1. This is an incredible feat, considering they average 14.26 inches of rain ...
The Los Angeles County flood of 2005 was the first large flood in Los Angeles County since 1938. It affected communities near the Los Angeles River and areas ranging from Santa Barbara County in the north to Orange and San Diego Counties in the south, as well as Riverside and San Bernardino Counties to the east. Large amounts of rain in January ...
Aerial footage over Los Angeles seemingly showed massive Tropical Storm Hilary flooding at the city’s Dodger Stadium.. But the video, which appeared to capture the historic stadium near Downtown ...