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California's 'Katrina' Could Be Coming to Sacramento

You don’t need a hurricane to have a catastrophic flood.

Marilyn Van Schenk stands in knee-deep water as she clears a clogged storm drain that had caused her street to flood in Sacramento.AP Photo/Rich Pedroncell

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By Laura Bliss

September 1, 2015 at 5:13 PM EDT

“California’s Katrina Is Coming,” proclaimed an article on WIRED yesterday. And you know what? It could be true.

Though the West Coast almost never gets hurricanes, an earthquake- or storm-induced flood could still do serious damage one of the state’s populated regions.

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