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Harrowing Escape from 1955 Flood

In an interview with KUBA's Dutch Klemp, Marcella Slocum recounts how her family survived in trees and on rooftops after refusing to believe it could flood in Yuba City in 1955. Submitted by Chuck Smith, Sutter County PIO


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