Photos:: Previous El Niño periods have been wet and destructive
The Seal Beach Municipal Pier was destroyed during the winter of 1982-1983.
El Niño events have been responsible for two of California’s wettest and most destructive rainy seasons, in the winters of 1982-83 and 1997-98. Experts have said a potentially powerful El Niño this coming winter could be the beginning of the end of the drought.
