Map showing locations of damaging landslides in Santa Clara County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

Heavy rainfall associated with a strong El Nino caused over \$150 million in landslide damage in the 10-county San Francisco Bay region during the winter and spring of 1998. A team of USGS scientists collected information on landslide locations and damage costs. About \$7.6 million in damages were assessed in Santa Clara County.