San Joaquin delta communities prepare for potential record-breaking El Niño

It’s a memory seared into the minds of many Walnut Grove residents: the massive flooding of 1986.

“In the ’80s, there was a really bad one,” Walnut Grove resident Christine Saunters said. “The levee broke and wiped out a lot of businesses. It was really bad, really sad.”

Multiple levees broke across the region that year, affecting thousands of people…

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