Southern California Beach Cities Brace for Polo Flooding as High Tide Peaks at 10:24 a.m.
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Updated · CBS New York · Sep 28
Southern California Beach Cities Brace for Polo Flooding as High Tide Peaks at 10:24 a.m.
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Sep 28
Summary
Los Angeles, Ventura and Malibu beaches are under a coastal flood advisory until 5 p.m. Tuesday as Hurricane Polo drives elevated tides and erosion risk into Southern California.
Long Beach's peninsula, hit by Hurricane Marie just weeks ago, is testing a pilot defense with heavy-duty sandbags by the seawall while homeowners add their own barriers and crews rebuild sand berms.
Malibu is pairing physical preparations with public outreach, hosting the first in a series of El Niño preparedness workshops on Monday covering flooding, debris flows, coastal erosion and Pacific Coast Highway conditions.
Polo was forecast earlier Monday to strike Mexico's northern Pacific coast as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds, extending its coastal impacts north after Marie already damaged Southern California shorelines.