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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 ...
The caboose in a long train of storms is in sight along the Pacific coast from Washington to Northern California. But AccuWeather meteorologists warn that the last rounds of rain can trigger flash ...
A brief break from the seemingly endless barrage of drought-busting and deadly storms in California is set to end this weekend as the first of two incoming storms from the Pacific moves on shore.
Here are maps showing some of Southern and Central California's most populated areas within a tsunami hazard zone, as determined by the California Geological Survey. The yellow section indicates ...
Soda Lake (or Soda Dry Lake) is a dry lake at the terminus of the Mojave River [1] in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California. The lake has standing water during wet periods, and water can be found beneath the surface. Soda Lake along with Silver Lake are what remains of the large, perennial, Holocene Lake Mojave.
The low deserts east of the southern California mountains, including the Imperial and Coachella valleys and the lower Colorado River, are part of the Sonoran Desert, with minimal frost in the winter; the higher elevation deserts of eastern California, including the Mojave Desert, Owens Valley, and the Modoc Plateau, are part of the Great Basin ...
Here are maps showing some of Northern California’s most populated areas within a tsunami hazard zone, as determined by the California Geological Survey. The yellow section indicates the tsunami ...
The town of Mojave began in 1876 as a construction camp on the Southern Pacific Railroad. From 1884 to 1889, the town was the western terminus of the 165-mile (266 km), twenty-mule team at Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley. It later served as headquarters for construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. [6] 20 Mule Team Terminus: Sign in Mojave, CA