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Taming the L.A. River

  • March 25, 2015
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

In 1938, rain-soaked Los Angeles suffered a deadly flood that put about a third of the city underwater. A few months later, the city launched a 20-year project to straighten the Los Angeles River and cement its banks and bottom, creating a channel to direct floodwaters to the sea. (Shutterstock)

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