Tropical Storm Rachel

Tropical Storm Rachel Floods Southern California Coastline

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Storm waves flooding a Southern California coastal street during Tropical Storm Rachel

LOS ANGELES — Tropical Storm Rachel California made its mark this weekend, pounding Southern California with towering surf, coastal flooding, and heavy rain as the storm came ashore early Sunday and pushed inland as a post-tropical cyclone. In Newport Beach, the damage was extraordinary. Swell generated by the former hurricane combined with unusually high tides … Read more

Hurricane Polo: California Emergency as Storm Hits Baja

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Hurricane Polo waves crashing over a California beach boardwalk during the storm

Hurricane Polo slammed into Mexico’s Baja California peninsula early Tuesday as a Category 2 storm, bringing damaging winds and life-threatening flash flooding — days after peaking as a monster Category 5 hurricane, one of the strongest ever recorded in the eastern Pacific. California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as the storm’s … Read more