Xinhua reports that two-thirds of California's 58 counties were named as federal disaster zones, following the death of seven people and damage estimated at $ 500 million caused by ENSO storms. Nevertheless damage to date is far less than that of the 1994 earthquake, which killed 61 and caused more than more than 10 billion dollars in damage. Associated Press reported ENSO-generated storm runoff has swamped sewage treatment plants along the California coast, contaminating miles of beaches, including all 35 miles of beaches in Los Angeles County. Similar contamination has occurred off San Francisco.