California has experienced severe floods throughout the 20th Century, including in 1969, 1986, and 1997. But a flood from farther in the past – the Great Flood of 1862 – is being eyed by ...

Giant floods like those that inundated the Central Valley in 1861 and 1862 are part of California’s natural cycle, but the latest science shows that the coming megafloods, intensified by climate ...

The Great California Flood of 1861-1862 was a series of four floods from December 9, 1861, Dec. 23-28, January 9-12, 1862 and January 15-17. The winter rains started early in November and ...

The super flood of 1862 changed Southern California forever. Another flood is past due. On January 18th, 1862 it started to rain in Southern California and did not stop for 43 days.

Climate change increases odds of cataclysmic California flood. ... The Great Flood of 1862 was fueled by a large snowpack and a series of atmospheric rivers — rivers of dense moisture in the sky.

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 ...

California’s ‘Great Flood’ in 1862 swamped the state’s Central Valley up to 300 miles long and nearly 60 miles wide. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.