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Floods

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    A River Runs Beneath It

    Santa Ana River toll road elevates eco-fears

  • Features

    September 15, 2005

    The Tragedy of It All

    Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    A River Will Run Through It

    Orange officials okay plan to build homes in Santiago creek streambed

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Swamp Land in Orange

    How officials okayed a plan to turn flood land into hot real estate

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    When the Levee Broke

    How a boy reporter stopped a flood with a letter

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    A Sewer Runs Through It

    The life and death of the Santa Ana River

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    OC Fire: Here Come 'Da Floods

    ​The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) is reminding residents that the best way to prevent flooding is to prepare before the rain starts falling.  Now they tell us!Dry as this is being typed, my backyard, residential street and busy boulevard one block over were flooded a few hours ago.If o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    OC On Flash Flood Watch, Snow Summit Closed Today

    ​Yes, Southern California, it's true. Water is falling from the sky in a crazy phenomenon called "rain."     Which means that stuff is getting wet and people are freaking out.  It's best to be very careful out there. This morning, the National Weather Service put Orange County ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Storm Status: Road and Shelter Closures

    ​Update, December 22, 10:08 p.m.: The emergency shelter at Mission Viejo High School has closed, the county announced this evening.Evacuated residents in need of shelter can still go to Laguna Beach High School and El Modena High School in Orange. (Addresses are on the next page.)The county's most ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Storm Damage: Mother Nature Owes OC $23 Million

    Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyThere is substantial work to be done along the boardwalk at Laguna Beach.​Update, December 29, 4:22 p.m.: Photographic evidence of the storm-caused carnage at Main Beach in Laguna Beach. 

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Storm of Biblical Proportions as Likely as Big Quake

    ​Screw the "Big One": a coming storm of biblical proportions may prove to be an even greater threat to Southern California than a mega-earthquake along the dreaded San Andreas fault.So say more than 100 scientists and experts gathered by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to create an "ARkStorm Sce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    [UPDATED] Orange County Wants Obamacare . . . for Disaster Aid

    ​UPDATED, JAN. 26, 5:49 P.M.: President Barack Obama agreed today that Orange County is a disaster. Ethically, morally, politically--it's like Mischa Barton's blank stare here, said . . .Check that: Obama today signed the paperwork that officially declared Orange County and several other Californ ... More >>

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