A Terrifying, Deadly Storm Struck Northern California In 1997 And No One Saw It Coming
The last few years in Northern California have been dry and we are all tired off this drought. We’ve constantly got our fingers crossed for more rain, but it wasn’t always this way in Northern California.This New Years is the 20th anniversary of the 1997 storm and subsequent flood that shook this area to its core.
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Along I-80, rainfall reached 3.71 inches in Sacramento, 9.57 inches in Auburn, and 29.73 inches in Blue Canyon.

In this photo, a levee breach near Rio Vista flooded neighboring land and destroyed a stretch of the levee road shown.

The sign in this photo shows how high water levels were in the valley.

Here's another shot of the iconic Yosemite Valley, which was completely flooded.

This is a photo of a levee in the Sacramento area.

This spot in Grand Island
was discovered during a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspection Erosion
throughout the tree's root system leaves it vulnerable to toppling,
potentially leaving a dangerous hole in its place.

Do you remember the terrible flooding of 1997? We can’t believe it happened 20 years ago!