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 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.

The Great Flood Terrible Destruction of Property Comparative Losses and Gains. THE UNPRECEDENTED INUNDATION OF 1862. THE GREAT VALLEYS BECOME LAKES.

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.

The Great Flood of 1862 came after 30 consecutive days of rain that poured 10 feet (3m) of rain and snow on California over a period of 43 days. Such was the power of the rainfall that it changed ...

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 ...

Not often, but from a geological standpoint they're not rare. The most notable megaflood in recent history, the Great Flood of 1862, came after a 20-year drought. The flood caused $100 million in ...

The Great Flood of 1862, which occurred before the development of any flood-control infrastructure, led to flood waters that were 300 miles long and 60 miles wide.

WATCH: Calif. climate migrant family settles in Vermont Long before climate change, California’s Great Flood of 1862 stretched up to 300 miles long and 60 miles across. According to the study, a ...

The Great Flood of 1862 was fueled by a large snowpack and a series of atmospheric rivers — rivers of dense moisture in the sky. Scientists predict that atmospheric rivers, ...