{"id":180677,"date":"2026-02-16T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/180677\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:40:09","slug":"soggy-roadways-flooding-on-the-710-as-major-storm-drops-over-2-inches-of-rain-on-long-beach-long-beach-post-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/180677\/","title":{"rendered":"Soggy roadways, flooding on the 710 as major storm drops over 2 inches of rain on Long Beach \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not a fun day to be on the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>As of early afternoon, Long Beach had received 2.25 inches of rain in some parts and nearly an inch-and-a-half near Long Beach Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The area near the 710 and 405 interchange got 2.12 inches, which led to some real traffic headaches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/16132246\/2-16-26-flooding-4-260487-bjn7mfc0-200736-uQRrap1u.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-16-26-flooding-4-260487-bjn7mfc0-200736-uQRrap1u-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181780\"  \/><\/a>A tractor-trailer drives through high water on the 710 Freeway, where only one lane was open under Long Beach Boulevard during a rainstorm in Long Beach on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/p>\n<p>Several reports came in about flooding along the 710, with cars stuck in or trying to avoid the water. But a break should be coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters say lighter rain and a chance of thunderstorms are in store tonight, with conditions expected to clear up throughout the day on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Another band of rain will arrive early Wednesday and linger through Friday night, with Long Beach expected to get up to another half-inch of rain before the storm leaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not a fun day to be on the roadway. As of early afternoon, Long Beach had received&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-180677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}