The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Aerial view of Los Angeles River after a major flood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
View from the Los Feliz bridge of flood-control construction in the Los Angeles River valley. Construction included building rock-lined levees along the river's curves to deepen and widen the channel and new concrete channels which would confine winter run-off water
View from the Los Feliz bridge of flood-control construction in the Los Angeles River valley. Construction included building rock-lined levees along the river's curves to deepen and widen the channel and new concrete channels which would confine winter run-off water
The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
View shows destroyed bridge. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
View of the Glendale bridge on the Los Angeles River in the Atwater Village area, near Glendale, after it was destroyed by torrential rainstorm flooding.
Onlookers on the Main Street Bridge gaze out over the wooden railing towards the Los Angeles River, swollen with flood water from a torrential rain storm