Santiago Creek, 1968

Helicopter rescuing a stranded car from the flooded Santiago Creek, Santa Ana, 1968

Photograph by Bruce Dale, published in National Geographic, October 1969

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Data on the 1968-9 Flood follows:

1968

Deaths

73

Damage
in adjusted millions

$31

Flooded Area
% of non-mountainous area

N/A

Peak River Outflow
in cubic feet / second

102,000

John McPhee's The Control of Nature contains a chapter vividly describing the experiences of foothill residents forced out of their homes by mudslides during the 1960s and 1970s storms.
Landslide, 1968

Landslide on the Pomona Freeway, 1968

Photograph by Bruce Dale, published in National Geographic, October 1969

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