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Everything known about ARkStorm, in one place.

Studies, data, films and reporting from anywhere in the world, newest first. We add new work as soon as it’s published.

Last updated October 21, 2026
  1. Ongoing
    Reporting

    Weather West

    Daniel Swain’s blog on California weather and climate. Swain co-wrote the ARkStorm 2.0 study.

    Daniel Swain
  2. April 6, 2026
    Reporting

    A biblical megaflood could hit the US at any moment. And that’s only the beginning

    A recent overview of the megaflood risk and how ready California is.

    BBC Science Focus
  3. June 2023
    Data

    ARkStorm 2.0 storm simulations released as an open dataset

    The simulations behind the 2022 study were opened to other researchers and won DesignSafe’s 2023 Dataset Award.

    DesignSafe
  4. September 15, 2022
    Reporting

    Climate change is increasing the chances of a California megaflood

    A plain-language walk through the 2022 study and its two storm scenarios.

    Spectrum News 1
  5. August 12, 2022
    Study

    Climate change is increasing the risk of a California megaflood

    The first part of ARkStorm 2.0, by Xingying Huang and Daniel Swain.

    Science Advances
  6. August 12, 2022
    Reporting

    Climate change makes catastrophic flood twice as likely, study shows

    The university’s own summary of the study, with comments from Daniel Swain.

    UCLA Newsroom
  7. January 2013
    Reporting

    The Coming Megafloods

    Where the list of past megastorms comes from: the silt layers that record them, read by Michael Dettinger of USGS and B. Lynn Ingram of UC Berkeley.

    Scientific American
  8. 2013
    Reporting

    California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe

    The story of the 1861–62 flood and the evidence that floods like it have happened before.

    Scientific American
  9. January 14, 2011
    Report

    Overview of the ARkStorm Scenario

    The original study. Open-File Report 2010-1312, 183 pages, by a team of 117 experts.

    U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 2011
    Film

    ARkStorm

    The short film made to go with the first study.

    U.S. Geological Survey

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