SoCal coast braces for more flooding as El Nio's high tides break records
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Set us as preferred Southern California coastal communities are bracing for more flooding Thursday and Friday as El Niño conditions keep water levels very high.Unusually high tides that have brought flooding to low-lying areas in Southern California including Newport Beach and Long Beach may linger longer than initially predicted.The National Weather Service on Wednesday extended flood advisories for all of Southern California’s coastal counties through 2 p.m.Friday, said Devin Black, a meteorologist for the weather service’s Oxnard office.
They were originally scheduled to expire Thursday at 1 p.m.Orange and San Diego counties, which were under a more severe flood warning through Thursday afternoon, will be downgraded to a coastal advisory through Friday afternoon.California Unprecedented flooding is quickly becoming a fact of life in some Southern California coastal communities.
The weather service has seen reports of “seawater over low-lying areas,” Black said, and “some structures have had shallow water up to the base of the building.”The Balboa area of Newport Beach has seen widespread flooding this week.Another hard-hit area is Sunset Beach, where several streets have been flooded and Pacific Coast Highway is closed.
Caltrans plans to close PCH for a portion of Thursday as well.On Thursday, Long Beach was most acutely affected and has been a main area of concern for the last several weeks, Black said.Tides are expected to approach 8 feet Thursday morning, then gradually subside into the weekend.Some tides this week broke records: “They were definitely on the extreme end,” Black said.Though tides were high across the region, “the angle and magnitude of the swells is a huge factor too,” Black said, so the risk to San Diego and Orange counties was higher as they were more exposed to a southwesterly sw...