Catastrophic megafloods formerly happened about once every 100 to 200 years in California, but climate change has increased those odds
CLIMATEWIRE | A blockbuster new study has inspired days of dire headlines about the rising risk of catastrophic “megafloods” in California. Published Friday, it warns of events that could pummel the state with weeks of heavy rain and snow, flood vast tracts of land and cause at least $1 trillion in damages.
And future megafloods are likely to be more intense than the already catastrophic events of the past, dumping more rain and producing more runoff. The state is now increasingly prone to catastrophic “megafires,” capable of gobbling up hundreds of thousands of acres and destroying entire towns. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 12 of the state’s top 20 largest blazes on record have all occurred within the last five years.
The outcome for California is a growing risk of “megastorm” events: back-to-back severe storms pouring huge volumes of rain across the state, potentially for weeks on end. In the meantime, there are other reasons to examine California’s wildfires when thinking about its future flood risks.
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