time line

st francis dam collapse

Mar 12, 1928

Nearly lost everything, sending flood waves that killed 450 people.

long beach earthquake

Mar 10, 1933

6.4 earth quake killing 155 people

Oakland hills firestorm

Oct 20, 1991

killing about 25 people and destroyed about 3,000 homes

Northride earthquake

Jan 17, 1994

magnitude of 6.7 caused major damage and killing 57 people.

loma prieta earthquake

Aug 17, 1994

6.9 quake hit by the bay area and 63 deaths

southern fire siege

Jul 4, 2003

Multiple wildfires burned 750,000 acres and killing 24 people.

California drought

May 27, 2011

one of the worst droughts in California history and severely impacting the water supply

tubbs fire

Oct 8, 2017

fast moving fire destroyed houses and 22 deaths

camp fire

Nov 8, 2018

deadiest wildfire is california history destroed everything, and killing 85 people