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Photos show extensive flooding in some parts of Southern California
October 28, 2026
CBS News reports that photos show extensive flooding in some parts of Southern California amid record-breaking high tides that have swamped homes and highways.
The New York Times reports that seawater pushed over shorelines up and down the coast of California and spilled onto roadways on Monday and Tuesday as high tides reached record levels. Cews work to repair a damaged boardwalk seawall at low tide, next to a protective sand berm in front of homes, some damaged by heavy surf, on October 27, 2026 in Long Beach, California, CBS News reports. Gauges that measure tides along the California coast broke records on Monday, with Los Angeles Harbor recording its highest tide ever and San Francisco seeing its highest tide for the month of October, according to the National Weather Service, The New York Times reports.
CBS News reports that photos show extensive flooding in some parts of Southern California amid record-breaking high tides that have swamped homes and highways.
The New York Times reports that seawater pushed over shorelines up and down the coast of California and spilled onto roadways on Monday and Tuesday as high tides reached record levels. Cews work to repair a damaged boardwalk seawall at low tide, next to a protective sand berm in front of homes, some damaged by heavy surf, on October 27, 2026 in Long Beach, California, CBS News reports. Gauges that measure tides along the California coast broke records on Monday, with Los Angeles Harbor recording its highest tide ever and San Francisco seeing its highest tide for the month of October, according to the National Weather Service, The New York Times reports. The New York Times reports that in Southern California, Dayleene Davis is searching for a new place to park her food truck on the Long Beach peninsula. According to The New York Times, experts said it was a taste of what the state’s residents should expect throughout the winter as the Pacific Ocean swells from this year’s strong El Niño. Seawater fills the Pacific Coast Highway during high tide in Sunset Beach on October 27, 2026, CBS News reports. The Pacific Coast Highway was inundated, and people in the area said water was coming up through the storm drains. In San Francisco, high tides at lunchtime flooded a plaza and parts of the sidewalk along the city’s eastern shore, where its ferries depart throughout the day, The New York Times reports. According to CBS News, Linda Holle, who works at a marine fueling station in Newport Beach, told CBS News her office was flooded, and that she had never seen flooding like this before. According to The New York Times, Ms. Davis said she was trying to secure a new permit to instead park her food truck near the Long Beach port. The New York Times reports that El Niño is expected to push this winter’s high tides even higher. The so-called king tide — the highest tides of the year caused by the full moon — reached 8 feet, 2 inches Tuesday in the Los Angeles Harbor, breaking a record set just the day before, CBS News reports.
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CBS News reports that high tides break records in California. In Southern California, Dayleene Davis is searching for a new place to park her food truck on the Long Beach peninsula, The New York Times reports. The Pacific Coast Highway was inundated, and people in the area said water was coming up through the storm drains, CBS News reports.
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- CBS News — Photos show record-breaking high tides flooding homes, roads in Southern California - CBS News
- The New York Times — California’s High Tides Set Records This Week. They’re Going to Get Higher. - The New York Times
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