The 1916 Hatfield Flood of San Diego, California, destroyed the Sweetwater and Lower Otay Dams, and caused 22 deaths and $4.5 million in damages. The Vermont flood of 1927 is probably the worst flood in Vermont history doing $30 million in damages, which would be $270 million today, killed over 83 people and left 9,000 homeless.[64][65] The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was one of the most destructive floods in United States history. The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937.