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The Long Beach Peninsula is facing severe, structural devastation as Tropical Storm Rachel batters the Southern California coast. Driven by a developing El Nino pattern, this is the fourth major storm system to slam the shoreline in six weeks. Waves and unusually high tides have shattered a 30-foot section of the protective wooden bulkhead, completely shredding the historic boardwalk and allowing seawater to surge directly onto interior streets. Flooding has swamped coastal neighborhoods, forcing mandatory evacuations along oceanfront blocks like Seaside Walk. Emergency crews are working to stack thousands of sandbags and reinforce coastal defenses, but city inspectors have already been forced - ZUMAr19_ 20261011_new_r19_142

The Long Beach Peninsula is facing severe, structural devastation as Tropical Storm Rachel batters the Southern California coast. Driven by a developing El Nino pattern, this is the fourth major storm system to slam the shoreline in six weeks. Waves and unusually high tides have shattered a 30-foot section of the protective wooden bulkhead, completely shredding the historic boardwalk and allowing seawater to surge directly onto interior streets. Flooding has swamped coastal neighborhoods, forcing mandatory evacuations along oceanfront blocks like Seaside Walk. Emergency crews are working to stack thousands of sandbags and reinforce coastal defenses, but city inspectors have already been forced - ZUMAr19_ 20261011_new_r19_142

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October 11, 2006, Long Beach, California, USA: The Long Beach Peninsula is facing severe, structural devastation as Tropical Storm Rachel batters the Southern California coast. Driven by a developing El Nino pattern, this is the fourth major storm system to slam the shoreline in six weeks. Waves and unusually high tides have shattered a 30-foot section of the protective wooden bulkhead, completely shredding the historic boardwalk and allowing seawater to surge directly onto interior streets. Flooding has swamped coastal neighborhoods, forcing mandatory evacuations along oceanfront blocks like Seaside Walk. Emergency crews are working to stack thousands of sandbags and reinforce coastal defenses, but city inspectors have already been forced - ZUMAr19_ 20261011_new_r19_142

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