high winds and record breaking rains. Rains fell from Oakland to Alturas with record-setting three-day rainfall for Lake Spaulding of . One hundred seventy-four gage stations recorded their highest three-day rainfall totals to that time. The storm caused $4 million in damages. West Coast tsunami – March 1964 The Good Friday earthquake caused a tsunami in March 1964, which completely devastated the downtown district of Crescent City on the North Coast, resulting in 11 deaths and an economic loss of $14 million in Del Norte County alone. It was by far the worst damage done to any town in the contiguous United States by a tsunami. Substantial damage and numerous deaths also occurred in the towns of Valdez, Whittier, Chenega, Seward, Kodiak, Kalsin Bay and Kaguyak, Alaska, and Port Albini, British Columbia. Four children were swept to their deaths from a beach near Newport, Oregon, and lesser damage occurred all along the coast as far south as San Diego. December 1964 flood in the Pacific Northwest Significant snowfall preceded the event in early December. On December 18, dramatically warmer conditions coupled with nearly a of rain led to excessive snow melt in the western Cascades. Downtown Salem was submerged under of flood waters during the event. This flooding prompted flood control measures to be built along the Willamette River. This major flood between December 18, 1964, and January 7, 1965, also impacted portions of southwest Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and especially northern California. In Oregon seventeen people died as a result of the disaster, and it caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. The flooding covered . The National Weather Service rated the flood as the 5th most destructive weather event in Oregon in the 20th century. April 1965 flood of the Upper Mississippi River The 1965 flood caused over five million dollars of damage in Clinton, Iowa, alone. The US Coast Guard sent Goldenrod to Niota, Illinois, due to flooding and cresting of levees. June 14–20, 1965 flood in Colorado "The 1965 flood that devastated Denver remains the most costly natural disaster in terms of property loss in state history. It also prompted the building of Chatfield Reservoir and Dam and changed the face of the city." - The Denver Post. July 4, 1969, flood in Ohio The Independence Day flood of 1969 was one of the worst in Ohio history, caused by of rain in 12 hours. This