A disastrous megaflood is coming to California, experts say, and it could be the most expensive natural disaster in history

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By Payton Major, Judson Jones and Brandon Miller, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/12/weather/california-megaflood-study/index.html

Updated 2:43 PM EDT, Fri August 12, 2022

Los Angeles and Orange counties could be devastated by a megaflood within the century.

Los Angeles and Orange counties could be devastated by a megaflood within the century.Mario Tama/Getty ImagesCNN—

Many Californians fear the “Big One,” but it might not be what you think.

It’s not an earthquake. And it isn’t the mega drought. It’s actually the exact opposite.

A megaflood.

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A new study by Science Advancesshows climate change has already doubled the chances of a disastrous flood happening in California in the next four decades. And experts say it would be unlike anything anyone alive today has ever experienced.

Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA and a researcher involved in the study, describes a megaflood as, “a very severe flood event across a broad region that has the potential to bring catastrophic impacts to society in the areas affected.”…

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