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The flood episodes of 1907 and 1909 in California resulted in an overhaul of planned statewide flood control designs. [1] March 1928 – The recently-constructed St. Francis Dam dam collapsed 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The flooding beneath the dam killed at least 431 people, and probably more. [12] [13] [14]
The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions of British Columbia and Mexico. It was preceded by weeks of continuous rains and snows that began in Oregon in November 1861 and continued into January 1862.
The Great Flood of 1993 was one of the most destructive floods in United States history. March 1993 the "No Name" storm, silently brought major flooding to Citrus County, Florida. The summer of 1993 was unusually wet for the United States, causing flooding in the southwest.
Periods of heavy rainfall caused by multiple atmospheric rivers in California between December 31, 2022, and March 25, 2023, resulted in floods that affected parts of Southern California, the California Central Coast, Northern California and Nevada. [3] [4] The flooding resulted in property damage [5] [6] [7] and at least 22 fatalities. [1]
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Researchers found evidence of two epic Southern California floods that occurred in the last 600 years and were much larger than the Great Flood of 1862. ... last 3,000 years than in recent history ...
The California flood resulted in 13 deaths, 50,000 people were evacuated and over $400 million in property damage. [6] Three thousand residents of Linda joined in a class action lawsuit, Paterno v. State of California Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, which eventually reached the California Supreme Court in 2004. The California high ...
Millions of people in California are currently under weather alerts as a devastating rainstorm brings flash flooding, toppled trees and landslides to much of the state. The storm is expected to ...