1964-1965 map of flooding
![Map showing areas of flooding from 1964-1965 in the West](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/Map_minustext.jpg?itok=b6Y2lFZL)
Detailed Description
Areas of severe flooding from December 1964 and January 1965, which encompassed about 200,000 square miles, resulted in 47 deaths, left thousands homeless and caused more than $540 million ($3.9 billion today) worth of damage.