New research suggests climate change increases the likelihood of a massive California "megaflood," akin to the Great Flood of 1862. That disaster, brought on by more than 40 days of constant rain ...

The Great Flood of 1862 began in late November 1861, when early winter storms dropped heavy snow in the higher elevations of Northern California and Oregon. In the first few days of December ...

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 officials ...

From December 1861 through January 1862, California was inundated ... even in “sunny” Southern California. The “Great Flood” of 1861-62 was followed by the “Great Drought” of 1863-65.

(TNS) - The 1862 flood that went down as the worst washout in modern California history, transforming the Central Valley into a raging sea and stealing countless lives and property, is often ...

K Street in Sacramento, Calif., inundated by the Great Flood of 1862. Over 120 inches of rain fell on California between November 1861 and January 1862. (Image via Courthouse News) (CN) — In ...

Below, a look back at some of the most devastating winter storms on record in California. Some changed the way the state plans for severe weather and altered landscapes, many left behind ...

And unlike what California experienced with the great flood of 1862, the state has massive reservoirs now that can capture much of the rainfall and dole it out over longer periods. “Because we ...