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 ...

Deadly floods like those in Texas are rare in California, but climate change-fueled storms could make them more likely, ...

The Great Flood of 1862 that took place primarily in the Lehigh Valley that spring would take hundreds of lives and destroyed many businesses.

Researchers found evidence of two epic Southern California floods that occurred in the last 600 years and were much larger than the Great Flood of 1862.

THE GREAT FLOOD IN CALIFORNIA.; Great Destruction of Property Damage $10,000,000. Share full article Jan. 21, 1862 The New York Times Archives ...

Even today, as California struggles with severe drought, global warming has doubled the likelihood that weather conditions will unleash a deluge as devastating as the Great Flood of 1862 ...

Scientists warn of a repeat of the 1862 flood in which millions of people would be displaced and some urban centers will be left completely submerged.

WATCH: Calif. climate migrant family settles in Vermont Long before climate change, California’s Great Flood of 1862 stretched up to 300 miles long and 60 miles across.

"It's eventually going to happen." 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 Terrible Destruction of Property Comparative Losses and Gains. THE UNPRECEDENTED INUNDATION OF 1862. THE GREAT VALLEYS BECOME LAKES. THE SPIRITS OF THE PEOPLE RISE STRANGE PHENOMENA.