What a Super El Niño Means for Long Beach: High Risk of Rain and Floods — but No Guarantees

What a super El Niño means for Long Beach: High risk of rain and floods — but no guarantees

Conditions are ripe for record-breaking storms. If the rain does arrive, it is likely to come in bursts, raising the potential for damaging floods.

Still in recovery, Long Beach braces itself for El Niño - Signal Tribune

Still recovering from the impacts of Hurricane Marie weeks ago, Long Beach’s Peninsula neighborhood is preparing for more oncoming winter storms fueled by El Niño.

‘We’re going to drown:’ Long Beach Peninsula braces for super El Niño impact

Long Beach Peninsula residents and city officials are racing against the tide to prepare for approaching super El Niño’s storm surges, including rising sea levels, king tides and torrential rainfall.  With storms projected to hit in early October, residents are still recovering from Hurricane Marie’s damages during Labor Day weekend, as high tides continue to crash against uprooted boardwalk and coat boarded-up homes with sand from the eroded co…