The Great Flood of 1862 would be much worse if it happened today. The region that was underwater in 1862 is now home to many more people than it was then — it's home to some of California’s ...

The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Nevada and Oregon, and was not a result of an El Niño event.

There may be no better moment than the dry present to remember the extraordinary washout of 1862, which brought what was likely the most expansive flooding in the recorded history of America’s West.

THE GREAT FLOOD IN CALIFORNIA.; Great Destruction of Property Damage $10,000,000. ... See the article in its original context from January 21, 1862, Page 6 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Earthquakes, wildfires and the odd outbreak of road rage ought to be sufficient cause for anxiety, and we have no desire to be alarmists. It is, however, worth recalling in the midst of this ...

For well over a century, the Great Flood of 1862 has remained among California’s worst natural disasters — a megastorm that’s been used as a benchmark for state emergency planners and ...

The Great Flood of 1862 that took place primarily in the Lehigh Valley that spring would take hundreds of lives and destroyed many businesses.

Scientists aren’t sure whether an ARkStorm or weather pattern similar to the 1862 flood will ever hit California, though the scenario is “plausible,” according to Daniel Swain, a climate ...

The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Nevada and Oregon, and was not a result of an El Niño event.

The tiny settlement of Agua Mansa in Colton was completely destroyed in the flood that has been referred to as “Noahcian” in magnitude ... The Great Flood of 1862 left devastation in its ...