SUN VALLEY, CA - FEBRUARY 17: A man boards a bus on a flooded street as a powerful storm moves across Southern California on February 17, 2017 near Sun Valley, California.
After years of severe drought, heavy winter rains have come to the state, and LOS ANGELES - Climate change has doubled the potential for a "catastrophic" flooding event in California, and further warming could increase that chance even more, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Such a "megaflood" could "lead to the displacement of millions of people, the long-term closure of critical transportation corridors and ultimately to nearly $1 trillion in overall economic losses."California has been synonymous with drought in recent decades.
According to the state, the majority of California is currently experiencing between "moderate" and "extreme" drought conditions.
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