News of the Arroyo
Title: | Newsletter Don't underestimate the L.A. River |
Subtitle: | L.A. River |
Date: | 2016-10-19 |
Summary: | <b>October 19, 2016</b> - The Times reposts a summary of its October 17 article on the new flood maps on the LA River. |
Author: | Alice Walton and Shelby Grad |
Publication: | Los Angeles Times |
Content: | ![](\"https://www.arroyoseco.org/images/largoldline.jpg\") A Metro Gold Line train crosses the Los Angeles River near downtown L.A. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) TOP STORIES Flood zone Urban planners have envisioned transforming the gritty, concrete-walled Los Angeles River into the backbone of a new kind of city, but Los Angeles this week received a stark reminder that the river that cuts through the region — much of the year just a trickle — can become a dangerous torrent during periods of intense rain. A new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report found that more than 3,000 parcels north of downtown Los Angeles in neighborhoods such as Atwater Village and Elysian Valley could be submerged by an average of 5 to 10 feet of water in the event of a 100-year storm. Los Angeles Times |
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