🚨 California Coastal Flood Disaster | 13 Long Beach Homes Unsafe & Boardwalk Torn Apart

🌊 Thirteen homes on the Long Beach Peninsula have been red-tagged and declared unsafe to enter after powerful surf from Tropical Storm Rachel combined with unusually high tides, causing flooding and significant damage along the coastline. In this video, I break down how the flooding unfolded, the evacuation orders and warnings affecting residents, and the damage to the historic boardwalk and coastal bulkhead. With structural concerns still being assessed, officials say there is currently no timeline for when residents will be allowed to return to affected homes. 🚨 I also examine Long Beach’s emergency response, including sandbag operations, pumping capacity, building inspections, planned boardwalk repairs, and the beach dredging project intended to strengthen vulnerable sections of the coastline. The report covers the latest coastal flood forecast, dangerous surf and rip-current risks, along with closures, flooding, and protective measures underway in Newport Beach and other Southern California coastal communities. Finally, I look at how previous storms, including Hurricanes Marie and Polo, contributed to the peninsula’s vulnerability, what residents and visitors are being urged to do, and the latest conditions affecting Long Beach and Newport Beach. Timestamps: 0:00 Thirteen homes declared unsafe 2:37 Boardwalk and bulkhead damage 4:09 How the flooding unfolded 8:07 Long Beach’s emergency response 10:31 Coastal flood forecast 12:02 Newport Beach closures and flooding 14:47 Earlier storms and rising risk 16:07 Safety guidance and latest recap