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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Sacramento could be headed for 'mass abandonment' for disturbing new reason
California's capital Sacramento could experience 'mass abandonment' in the coming years due to the rising threat of flooding, a new report has found. Sacramento, which sits at the confluence of the Sacramento River and American River, is a high flood risk. In the coming decades conditions could continue to deteriorate, driving home insurance premiums so high that home owners will be forced to move elsewhere, researchers from First Street concluded. Sacramento County is the state's fourth largest metro, home to around 2.4 million residents. But First Street predicts that 28 percent of its population will have left by 2055, a number it considers to meet the threshold for 'mass abandonment.' The report argues that flooding will be the biggest factor in pushing residents out, combined with rising insurance costs, increasingly bad air quality and changing demographics. The National Risk Assessment report also argued that Fresno could lose half its population in the same period. Increasingly hot temperatures as a result of climate heating are melting mountain snow, increasing river flows and heavy rain events. The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta lowlands will become less and less able to absorb such deluges and dangerous flooding will become more likely, researchers predict. In December a report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce named Sacramento as at highly exception flood risk in need of mitigation. 'The Army Corps of Engineers and the [Sacramento River] levees have historically done quite a good job of providing protection,' UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain told the San Francisco Chronicle. 'That's probably thanks to good luck and probably thanks to good engineering, but that good luck probably won't hold forever.' Swain warned that mass development of low-lying areas around the city have spread the risk of flooding further. Developing the area has made California's Central Valley, but Sacramento in particular, one of the largest populations in the US highly vulnerable to flood risk. First Street found that risk of flooding was the biggest driver of migration in the US compared to other perils such as poor air quality, wildfires and hurricanes. One of the biggest economic risks of living in an area prone to flooding is that most home insurance providers will not cover flooding. Many insurance providers will not cover flooding in their policies Mass development of low-lying areas around the city have spread the risk of flooding further Instead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides a flood insurance program. First Street analysis found that it will cost 137 percent more to insure homes in Sacramento by 2055. Such costs will drive businesses and residents away to more climate-resilient areas. 'Some people will no doubt be displaced by climate events,' Jesse Keenan, director of the Center on Climate Change and Urbanism at Tulane University, told the Chronicle. 'But many more will be displaced, or at least steered by, the hand of the market,' he explained. Other areas of California are also facing an insurance crisis, with major providers such as State Farm hiking prices after threatening to pull out of the state entirely. Many Los Angeles residents that lost their homes in the devastating wildfires earlier this year found that their insurance policies will only cover a fraction of their rebuilding costs.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Oil spill closes Discovery Park boat launch
( — The boat launch at Discovery Park has been closed due to an oil spill, according to Sacramento County Regional Parks. The Office of Spill Prevention and Response stated that crews have responded to a 24-foot vessel being salvaged in the Sacramento River after it broke apart and spilled an estimated 20-40 gallons of petroleum product. From brunch to BBQ to hiking: Celebrate Father's Day in Sacramento The spills happened as the vessel was being towed up a boat ramp, OSPR said. Authorities said that due to the warm weather and sunshine, it helped evaporate the product, which produced just a small layer of sheen. At this time, no updates have been released on when the boat lunch will be open. 'No observed impacts to wildlife,' said OSPR. 'Containment equipment deployed as a precaution.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Emergency rescue underway at Sacramento River amid Memorial Day observances
( — The Sacramento Fire Department is responding to a water rescue at the Sacramento River. Around 3:30 p.m., several units were dispatched to an area near 2710 Ramp Way. It is unclear what prompted the emergency water response. However, FOX40 news crews are on their way to the scene. Man disappears amid attempt to walk from Northern California to the ocean Additional information will be provided as it becomes available. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
21-05-2025
- CBS News
Crews recover body of missing fisherman from Sacramento River
WEST SACRAMENTO — The body of a missing fisherman was recovered from the Sacramento River, authorities said Tuesday. Crews from the Sacramento Fire Department responded around 3:30 p.m. on Monday to the area of the river along Old River Road near the Sacramento Weir. The fire department on Monday said the fisherman was in the area fishing with friends when he "went into the water, struggled to swim and then went under the surface and never came back up." The Yolo County Sheriff's Office said that a dive team from the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office assisted with the recovery. The fisherman's name has not yet been released.
CBS News
09-05-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
Car gets halfway submerged in Sacramento River after Yolo County crash
YOLO COUNTY – Authorities say everyone got out safely from a car that crashed into the Sacramento River late Friday morning. California Highway Patrol says they first got a report about the incident south of West Sacramento just before 10 a.m. First responders found that a vehicle was halfway submerged in the Sacramento River just off S. River, near Babel Slough Road. Everyone got out of the car safely, officers say. Exactly what led up to the crash is unclear. More than one person was in the vehicle, officers say, but no exact number was given. Only minor injuries were reported. The scene where the crash happened is about eight miles south of West Sacramento, or directly across the Sacramento River from Sacramento's Pocket neighborhood.
