California’s next megaflood would be worse than eight Hurricane Katrinas

Grist
By Eric HolthausApr 25, 2018, 6:45 am94 pts
Worse than the 1906 earthquake. Worse than eight Hurricane Katrinas. Worse than every wildfire in California history, combined. The world’s first trillion-dollar natural disaster. A wintertime megaflood in California could turn out to be the worst natural disaster in U.S. history by far, and we are making it…

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