Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
As of 5 p.m. (0100 GMT), the 24-hour rainfall totals topped out around 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10 cm) in areas below Mount Shasta, one of California's tallest peaks at 14,180 feet (4,322 m).
Landslides and fallen trees due to the heavy rain and high wind gusts destroyed and damaged many homes and closed roads throughout California. Bel-Air had a peak 24-hour rainfall of 12.42 inches (315 mm) which equates to a 380-year return interval (0.3%).Los Angeles had been incorporating elements of a stormwater harvesting design to retain the ...
Experts with the University of California at Los Angeles recorded 12 inches of rain in 24 hours on Monday, marking a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event for the area, according to the UCLA Institute of ...
In the last week, more than 6 feet of fresh snow fell at the Central Sierra Snow Lab.
Numerous rainfall records, both for most rain in the month of August as well as 24-hour rainfall totals were recorded. Over 457 mm (18 in) of rain was recorded in some locations during this week. At least $100 million in damages has been reported in Minnesota and Wisconsin alone, and 18 people were killed.
The heaviest rainfall to occur in 24 hours was measured in Yankeetown during Hurricane Easy in 1950, which caused 38.70 inches (983 mm) of precipitation. This is also the highest known point storm total maximum related to any tropical cyclone which has impacted Florida, [ 1 ] and by itself would be the highest known rainfall total for any month ...
Rocky Butte, a mountain northeast of Cambria, again saw the most rain, measuring 3.51 inches in the past 24 hours as of 9 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
Oakland set a record for 24 hour rainfall at 4.75 in (121 mm) of rain on December 31, while San Francisco recorded its second wettest day with 5.46 in (139 mm) of rain. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] The Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line sustained major damage. [ 31 ]