Coastal communities including Newport Beach, Lomg Beach, San Diego, Laguna Beach and Huntington Beach are bracing for high tide Sunday morning as Rachel moves through the area.
Rachel is expected to pass south but is expected to create wave action to the north.
Long Beach’s mandatory order covers homes on Seaside Walk between 64th and 66th. It went into effect Friday at 7 p.m. and will continue until noon Tuesday, city officials said. A commercial crane is expected to drop sandbags on 65th Place and west in front of addresses between 65th and 64th, city officials said.
The waves overtook the bulkhead and sent water into homes and streets, city officials said. Inspectors red-tagged eight buildings across 13 addresses, including apartments, and yellow-tagged at least one, Mayor Rex Richardson said Saturday. A red tag indicates that a building is dangerous and a yellow tag restricts its use.
The city closed the peninsula to non-resident traffic, with more street closures starting at 62nd Place.
Huntington Beach also activated its emergency operations center Friday, the city said. Many spectators watched the waves break at high tide on Saturday morning. Cyclists, walkers and runners traveled the white concrete path along Bolsa Chica National Beach. A section that flooded Friday appeared to escape more trouble Saturday, despite signs saying “flooded.”
Newport Beach temporarily closed certain beach areas on Saturday.
The weather service expects more coastal flooding Sunday, as high tide in Newport Beach is expected to reach 7.6 feet at 9:48 a.m. “Low-lying properties, including homes, businesses and some critical infrastructure, may be inundated,” the agency’s San Diego office said. Waves could reach 6 to 9 feet, highest on south-facing beaches, especially in Orange County, Roser said.
Water at the Los Angeles Harbor tide gauge peaked at 7.7 feet Saturday morning, about 1.6 feet above the forecast tide, the National Weather Service said. “Projected high tides of approximately 8 feet for Sunday morning would approach or exceed recent record tide levels for Los Angeles County,” it said.
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