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Some parts of Mexico and California could see a year’s worth of rain and flash flooding as Cateigry 3 hurricane approaches
Hundreds of San Diego homes and businesses were damaged or ruined in devastating floods after punishing rainfall fell Monday during a 'thousand-year storm.' 'Thousand-year storm' leaves San Diego ...
San Diego's rain amounts have been well below normal this season, which started Oct. 1. But this single storm brought the city to slightly above normal for the year, Maxwell said.
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
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The Poinsettia Fire was the second most destructive of the San Diego County wildfires. [35] It caused property damage estimated at $22.5 million, [36] as well as the only reported fatality in the San Diego County series of wildfires. As of July 10, 2014, the cause of the fire is listed as "undetermined", which allows for further investigation ...
December 1955 – The storm affected the central Sierra Nevada mountains and South Bay areas. The Eel River on the North Coast saw the greatest flow of record to that time while Central Valley rivers saw near-record flows. A statewide disaster was declared, with the storm resulting in 74 deaths and $200 million in economic losses.
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]