Flood damage

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Several Spanish style homes, located on an unidentified and mud-covered residential street in Glendale, captured after they sustained irreparable damage caused by the January 1, 1934 flood. What appears to be the Verdugo Wash is partially visible on the far left. Wildfires above the Crescenta Valley in November 1933 and subsequent heavy rain in December 1933 produced the perfect conditions for a massive flood. Just after midnight on January 1, 1934, millions of tons of mud and debris traveled from the mountains down to the Verdugo Wash, killing many people and destroying about 400 homes in the communities of La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Woody Guthrie's song, "Los Angeles New Year's Flood," commemorates the natural disaster.