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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 ...
Mayor Gloria said a high school in San Diego was being used as a temporary shelter after about 100 homes were in some way affected by the flooding.
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 February 4 to 7, the city captured 8.6 billion gallons of water, equivalent to the yearly needs of 106,000 homes. [28] Most of Southern California was 150%-300% of average from October 1 to February 7. Most places throughout Northern California were still 50%-110% of average after the storms. [20]
Morena Reservoir, also known as Lake Morena, serves primarily for long-term storage of winter flood flows in Cottonwood Creek, and is the uppermost of a chain of three reservoirs – Lower Otay, Barrett and Morena – that provide water to the city of San Diego. Water released from Morena Dam travels several miles down Cottonwood Creek to ...
Executive Complex is a building in San Diego, California. Upon completion in 1963, the 106.68 m (350.0 ft), 346,343 sq ft (32,176.3 m 2 ) building was the tallest in the city. [ 4 ] It is currently the 31st tallest building in San Diego.
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The Grand River went above bankfull on the night of March 24, rising slowly for the next four days. It broke the previous high-water mark by over 60 cm (2.0 ft), and was considered a once in 100 year flood. Over one-half of the population on the west side of the river was inundated. On the east bank of the river, numerous factories went underwater.