California’s Long Beach confronts costly climate reality
- On Sunday, October 11, Tropical Storm Rachel devastated the Long Beach, California, peninsula, where powerful surf destroyed the historic boardwalk and left waterfront homes teetering precariously.
- Driven by a recurring El Nino pattern and extreme high tides, the storm produced hazardous coastal conditions that Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson called 'unprecedented for our community,' noting 'our infrastructure was not built for this.'
- Officials issued mandatory evacuation orders for residents on 64th and 65th streets while city crews distributed roughly 15,000 sandbags to reinforce vulnerable areas on the Peninsula, including red-tagged properties.
- City official Tom Modica announced an accelerated dredging project beginning October 19 that will widen the beach by adding 415,000 cubic yards of sand to stabilize waterfront property.
- Forecasters warn that El Nino's effects will likely worsen into the winter, potentially wreaking more havoc along California's coast as authorities prioritize urgent climate resiliency strategies for vulnerable shoreline infrastructure.
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Work teams began to repair and clean up the Californian city of Long Beach, where the violence of the Pacific waves caused by tropical storm Rachel and El Niño caused severe damage to the west coast of the United States the day before.
'Devastating' waves leave California beach homes on brink of collapse
Tropical Storm Rachel brought less rain than forecasters had predicted but the heavy surf -- driven by a confluence of factors including the abnormal storm system, high tide, the impact of El Nino and human-caused climate change -- was enough to severely damage some coastal properties. Dramatic photos and video footage showed homes along the city's peninsula teetering precariously, while its historic boardwalk was partially swept away. "These ki…
The video shows how powerful the remnants of Storm Rachel are.
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