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Which roads in Carmel Point are closed due to coastal flooding?. Oceano, Calif. — Huge surf coupled with waves swamped the Central Coast this morning as the first high tide hit. Some damage has already been reported in Monterey County along Carmel Point. "Monterey County Public Works is closing...
Flooding can look very different depending on where you live in the Bay Area, so the Chronicle identified four maps we think are particularly helpful for understanding flood risk in the region.
A major storm system is causing widespread closures from the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific coast due to heavy snow and dangerous 15-to-20-foot waves.
Dangerously large waves, strong winds and rain are expected along the Santa Cruz and Monterey County coastlines this weekend, prompting beach closures and evacuation warnings for low-lying coastal neighborhoods. The National Weather Service is warning of breaking waves reaching 25–35 feet, with occasional waves as high as 50 feet at...
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation warnings at 2 p.m. Friday for residents of low-lying coastal areas in Capitola and Aptos. Big surf threatens homes and property there. The warnings cover three evacuation areas:. Capitola Village (Zones CTL-E027-A and CTL-E029-B) Las Olas Drive and Beach Drive (Zone...
Eighteen years ago on Nov. 13, Southern Californians imagined that a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck. It was for a drill that’s since evolved into an annual observance to practice preparedness for the ever-looming Big One . The drill was focused on drop, cover and hold on, a mantra that should — ideally — feel ingrained in Californians in the event of a tremor. The decision to focus it on this guidance, as renowned seismologist Lucy Jones told the USA TODAY Network, was in response to an earthquake in Southern California that year. She was in a room full of emergency managers at the time of the tremor. They all went underneath a table. But news reports captured people running out of buildings, the very response officials say not to do. It’s just one factor that informed the major earthquake drill held that November, a drill that came out of the ShakeOut Scenario. It was a project led by Jones that modeled a magnitude-7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault, predicted to cause about 1,800 deaths and $213 billion in economic losses. It had been unveiled earlier that year, right around the time of a devastating earthquake in China, Jones said.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — In November 44 years ago, California saw its largest single-day tornado outbreak, with 7 confirmed twisters touching down in the east, west, and in L.A. Less than 4 months later, another destructive tornado tore through Los Angeles. In 1982, a huge El Niño was brewing....
El Niño has California’s coast on alert.
The swell forecasters have watched build in the Gulf of Alaska now has an official warning attached, covering the coast from Point Reyes to Monterey Bay all weekend. The National Weather Service placed the coastal North Bay, including Point Reyes National Seashore, the San Francisco Peninsula coast and northern Monterey Bay under a high surf warning from Friday through Sunday, with breaking waves of 25 to 30 feet expected. A beach hazards statement already covers the same shoreline through Friday evening.
The first major winter storm of the season is coming to the Northwest this weekend, and the East Coast is facing similar conditions.
California's winter storm window is opening wider. And out in the North Pacific, the wave height numbers are getting downright ridiculous. A succession of powerful storms—dubbed a "parade" by forecasters—is funneling atmospheric rivers toward the West Coast, bringing soaking rain, howling wind, and another round of enormous surf. The latest social-media forecasts cite seas reaching 53 feet far offshore, though that figure hasn't been independently confirmed.
California is getting its first significant storm of what looks to be a historically wet few months. Winter storm warnings, coastal flood advisories and high surf warnings cover a huge swath of the state. Here are the latest forecast details:. Friday drenching for Bay Area. Friday will be a washout...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — California emergency responders are preparing for the possibility of a wetter winter fueled by El Niño, warning residents to take precautions now for potential heavy rain, flooding, mudslides and power outages. On Tuesday, PG&E brought together emergency management officials, CAL FIRE and the American...
Thanks to El Niño, scientists are marveling at the scope and scale of a weather event unfolding along California’s coast that’s never occurred before – at least not in recorded history. A marine heat wave is making the Pacific Ocean feel more like Florida, with astounding temperatures double digits above normal. “We have never seen […]
Valley rain and possible Sierra Nevada snow could become concerns for Thanksgiving travelers.
Interstate 80 over Donner Summit spent much of Friday evening as a parking lot, shut down in both directions shortly after 4 p.m. when spinouts piled up faster than crews could clear them in the season’s first real snowstorm. The California Highway Patrol held eastbound traffic at Kingvale and...
Heavy rain in California's Oxnard and Santa Maria cut strawberry supply, and 90% of U.S. berries are grown there. See why shelves are thin before Thanksgiving.
What a difference a weekend makes. The week was exceptionally warm, with temperatures nearing records on Thursday. This weekend we're looking at a much cooler forecast, following the Friday storm system. Very large waves are also moving into the coast of California, making for quite a spectacle but dangerous beachgoing...
Mammoth waves that hit the Bay Area on Saturday kicked off what is expected to be a very rough week of swells along the California coast. Weather models are trending much stronger with a midweek storm that could bring similarly large waves - 25 to 35 feet - from a slightly different direction. A slightly more westerly and southerly wave direction could expose different parts of the coast to more significant damage, too, including Santa Cruz.
A winter storm warning remains in effect for the Sierra range as 20 inches of snow and 80 mph winds threaten.
