Newport Beach faces coastal flooding, city asking to avoid Balboa Peninsula

Orange County Beach Cities Flood Ahead of Weekend Storms

A tropical storm in the Pacific is bringing high tides and storms to Southern California, with some beach cities facing strong wave surges and surface flooding already. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate

Ocean floods into Newport Beach; streets fill with salt water

Both Newport Beach and Laguna Beach saw road closures as the waves and high tides reached the roads, with little sand buffer to hold the ocean back.

High tide from Tropical Storm Rachel floods Newport Beach streets; residents brace for more impacts

In Newport Beach, several streets were underwater due to Tropical Storm Rachel on Friday morning, especially on the Balboa Peninsula.

Sunny, 80 degrees, and Newport Beach is flooding

On nice, sunny days in Southern California, people usually visit the beach. Today, however, the beach is moving into residential neighborhoods. A hurricane is east and south of Baja California, a record heatwave just broke, and the Super El Niño doesn't give a damn, or it would probably just pass right over a dam, too. — Read the rest

Newport Beach faces coastal flooding, city asking to avoid Balboa Peninsula

Aerial footage over the Balboa Peninsula showed people wading barefoot on sidewalks and streets, some knee-deep in rainboots and vehicles nearly half-submerged.

Strong waves severely damage homes, flood streets after breaking through Peninsula's boardwalk

Hurricane Rachel's surf and tides have left a 30-foot stretch of the boardwalk’s protective bulkhead wrecked, with more weather on the way.