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Every county in California has experienced a flood, which is mostly likely to be caused by an atmospheric river, which is a narrow corridor of moisture in the air that travels a long distance to produce heavy rainfall. [4] The state of California spends more than US$2.8 billion annually on maintaining or building flood control projects. [5]
The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was one of the largest floods in the history of Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside Counties in southern California.The flood was caused by two Pacific storms that swept across the Los Angeles Basin in February-March 1938 and generated almost one year's worth of precipitation in just a few days.
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]
A winter storm system is bringing rain to Southern California, but it should pass through by Christmas Eve, making for a sunny holiday. Historic, 'genuinely extraordinary' rainfall in Ventura ...
While some measurements suggest the 2015-2016 El Niño was the strongest on record since 1950, [29] Southern California received below average precipitation contrary to what the Climate Prediction Center predicted leading up to the winter months.
Over Sunday and Monday, downtown Los Angeles received 7.03 inches of rain, marking the third wettest two-day span in the city's history, as well as back-to-back days of a daily rainfall record ...
The slow-moving atmospheric river still battering California on Tuesday unleashed record rainfall, triple-digit winds and hundreds of mudslides. In just two days, downtown Los Angeles got soaked ...
In Los Angeles County, (including what is now Orange County) the flooding Santa Ana River created an inland sea lasting about three weeks with water standing 4 feet (1.2 m) deep up to 4 miles (6 km) from the river. [23] In February 1862, the Los Angeles, San Gabriel, and Santa Ana Rivers merged.