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Among the casualties of the rain was 1,000 year-old Pioneer Cabin Tree in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, which toppled on January 8, 2017. [35] The winter of 2016–17 turned out to be the wettest on record in Northern California, surpassing the previous record set in 1982–83. [36]
The climate of California varies widely from hot desert to alpine tundra, depending on latitude, elevation, and proximity to the Pacific Coast. California 's coastal regions, the Sierra Nevada foothills, and much of the Central Valley have a Mediterranean climate , with warmer, drier weather in summer and cooler, wetter weather in winter.
The 2011–2017 California drought persisted from December 2011 to March 2017 [1] and consisted of the driest period in California's recorded history, late 2011 through 2014. [2] The drought wiped out 102 million trees from 2011 to 2016, 62 million of those during 2016 alone. [3]
All types of floods can occur in California, though 90 percent of them are caused by river flooding in lowland areas. [1] [2] Such flooding generally occurs as a result of excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, excessive runoff, levee failure, tsunami, poor planning or built infrastructure, or a combination of these factors. Below is a list of ...
Rain continues to fall in Southern California from an atmospheric river, raising the risk for additional mudslides with more than 120 reported so far in Los Angeles.
In 2016, the average annual precipitation levels were lower because of a drought that was coming to an end at that time. The minimal rainfall in that year showed that 119 landslides had been moving. Comparatively, in 2017, there were very extreme levels of precipitation in the Central Valley, which cause 312 landslides to move that year. [47]
Much-needed rain is expected across drought-stricken and wildfire-ravaged areas of Southern California this weekend, weather officials said, but with it comes the threat of mudslides and a new set ...
More: Southern California rains arrive, heightening mudslide concerns in scorched areas. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: California wildfires lose steam but rain brings different ...