El Nino of 1997-98
Marilyn Lane tries to shut a door as a wave rushes into her Solimar Beach home during a January 1998 storm.
(Alan Hagman / Los Angeles Times)
Snow forms a backdrop to the Hollywood sign after an El Niño storm in 1998.
(Ken Lubas / Los Angeles Times)
Waves crash into homes along Broad Beach in Malibu .
(Ken Lubas / Los Angeles Times)
The Ventura County Fairgrounds is flooded after an El Niño storm.
(Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Wood lines San Buenaventura State Beach as a crew cleans up the debris left behind by the storms that accompaned El Niño earlier in this year.
(Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
A surfer throws up his arms after catching a double-overhead wave at Cloudbreak, south of the Seal Beach Pier.
(Al Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
The Ventura River overflowed after heavy rains in 1998, closing the 101 Freeway for several hours.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
An apartment building in Ventura collapsed after heavy rains in 1998.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Andy Harvey, a Ventura County sheriff’s search and rescue team member, swims to a partially submerged vehicle that washed down the Ventura River during in 1998. The vehicle turned out to be unoccupied.
(Steve Osman / Los Angeles Times)
Mudslides after heavy rain destroyed property in Laguna Canyon in 1998.
(Alexander Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)