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California Hazards
Live weather alerts, flooding, wildfires, drought and earthquakes in California, with links to its disaster history.
Collected automatically and may be delayed. Not an official warning. In an emergency, call 911.
Weather alerts by hazard
- Cold 1
- Coastal 6
Rivers at or near flood stage
- Near flood stageConejo Creek above Highway 101CAStage 18.87 ft at 10/26/2026, 6:15 PM PDT · NWS office LOX
- Near flood stageMarsh Creek ReservoirCAStage 169.29 ft at 10/26/2026, 6:00 PM PDT · NWS office MTR
- Forecast: Near flood stageSacramento River at Rio Vista BridgeCAStage 6.77 ft at 10/26/2026, 5:45 PM PDT · forecast crest 7.5 ft around 10/29/2026, 6:00 PM PDT · NWS office STO
Active wildfires
- Timber FireMonterey County25,350 acres97% contained
- DOME FireMariposa County6,788 acres100% contained
- COOLEY FireMendocino County1,365 acres95% contained
- NEURALIA FireKern County1,196 acres100% contained
- BOUQUET FireLos Angeles County1,048 acres100% contained
- NORTE FireOrange County570 acres100% contained
- DANNY FireLos Angeles County150 acres100% contained
- BRYSON FireLos Angeles County146 acres100% contained
- SODA FireSiskiyou County14 acres
- Crooked FireLake County2 acres
- MTZ/BDC/85A FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- COOPER FireVentura County0 acres
- Gravel FireTrinity County0 acres
- VEG/CBT/94A FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- VEG/JK/81A FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- SC/JC/85A FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- ASSIST/BDC/94A FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- ASSIST/BDC/86A FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- ASSIST/BDC/94A FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- MTZ/BDU/85A FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- MTZ/BDC/JTP-2A FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- MTZ/BDC/87A FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- MTZ/BDU/FAIRVIEW FireSan Bernardino County0 acres
- LAC-384049 FireLos Angeles CountySize unknown
- LAC-384174 FireLos Angeles CountySize unknown
- LAC-384937 FireLos Angeles CountySize unknown
- JORA FireLos Angeles CountySize unknown
- LAC-384992 FireLos Angeles CountySize unknown
- LAC-385119 FireLos Angeles CountySize unknown
- LAC-385755 FireLos Angeles CountySize unknown
Drought
Drought statistics for California are temporarily unavailable.
Avalanche danger
Today's ratings from local avalanche centers
Avalanche forecasts are temporarily unavailable. Check avalanche.org.
Earthquakes in the last 30 days
Magnitude 2.5 and up
- 2 mi SE of Aromas, CAM2.5 · 10/26/2026
- 20 mi WSW of Tecopa, CAM2.7 · 10/25/2026
- 4 mi W of Cobb, CAM2.5 · 10/24/2026
- 12 mi SW of Toms Place, CAM2.9 · 10/24/2026
- 43 mi W of Ferndale, CAM3.4 · 10/23/2026
- 9 mi S of Tres Pinos, CAM3.0 · 10/22/2026
- 14 mi WSW of Gustine, CAM3.1 · 10/22/2026
- 9 mi SE of Petrolia, CAM3.3 · 10/22/2026
- 24 mi SSW of Likely, CAM3.1 · 10/21/2026
- 1 mi NW of The Geysers, CAM2.5 · 10/20/2026
History
NOAA records
Hurricanes and tropical storms
- Nora (1997), Category 4 at peak
- Norman (1978), Category 4 at peak
- Kathleen (1976), Category 1 at peak
- Hyacinth (1972), Category 3 at peak
- Jen-Kath (1963)
Notable storms in the last 10 years
- Wildfire, Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley (11/08/2018), 86 deaths
- Wildfire, Northern Sacramento Valley (07/23/2018), 4 deaths
- Debris Flow, Santa Barbara (01/09/2018), 21 deaths
- Flood, Butte (02/13/2017)
- Flash Flood, Inyo (08/20/2023)
- High Wind, Central Sierra (01/19/2021)