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Flood — San Bernardino County Valley/the Inland Empire, CA

Jan 14, 2005

Property Damage
$10.0M

Officials at Prado Dam were forced to release water at 10,000 cfs into the Santa Ana River after a coffer dam began to spill water into an area of an earthen dam that was under construction. Hundreds of residents downstream were forced to evacuate. Corona Municipal Airport was completely flooded, and airplanes and hangars were damaged. Many of the planes were moved onto nearby streets before the river had a chance to completely inundate the airport. The Santa Ana River spilled onto the Green Riv

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5436684). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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