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For reference, Downtown Los Angeles only averages 14.25 inches (362 mm) of rain in a normal rain year. [20] Heavy rainfall caused more than 300 landslides and severe flash flooding throughout the state. [21] San Diego received record rainfall for California at higher elevations causing floods and prompting road closures.
One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed at least 475 mudslides in the Los Angeles area after dumping more than half the amount of rainfall the city typically gets in a ...
The station was able to broadcast using generators for their 11 p.m. news Sunday. In Los Angeles, city workers tallied 254 fallen trees and branches, 549 pothole reports and 106 catch basins ...
• At least 475 mudslides in Los Angeles: Authorities in Los Angeles reported at least 475 mudslides during the storm. While the worst of the downpours are over, the continuing rain Tuesday means ...
Floods covered a nearly 8 mi (13 km) portion of U.S. 66. [4] July 28–30, 1958 – A tropical storm dissipated west of the Baja California peninsula, spreading moisture and rainfall into southern California, reaching 2 in (51 mm) at Barton Flats. Floods and mudslides covered five cars, inundated a portion of U.S. 66, and entered a few buildings.
A high-end EF1 tornado struck Montebello on March 22, damaging 17 structures were damaged, 11 of which sustained significant damage, damaging or flipping vehicles, and snapping trees and power poles. One person was injured. This was the strongest tornado to strike the Greater Los Angeles metro area since March 1983.
2009 Jeddah Torrential rain, floods Saudi Arabia: 2009 121 1986 Northern Vietnam floods Vietnam: 1986 120 1991 Antofagasta Flood, mud swept Chile: 1991 119 2007 Central and East Java torrential monsoon rain, landslide, flood Indonesia: 2007 117 Masuda, massive rain and landslide Japan: 1983 115 Los Angeles flood of 1938: United States: 1938 114
The city was still working its way through 562 mudslides as of Wednesday evening. Burn scars, loose earth and improper construction are all factors. Monster storm triggered hundreds of mudslides ...