\u201cIf the clouds don\u2019t materialize, then Wednesday could be a real problem, and temperatures could really jump up,\u201d said Gomberg, who reminded people to drink plenty of fluids, stay in air-conditioned rooms and check up on vulnerable relatives and neighbors.<\/p>\n
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People walk through a flooded street during hide tide on Ocean Boulevard on the Alamitos Peninsula in Long Beach.<\/p>\n
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High surf<\/a> and coastal flooding<\/a> advisories also remain in place until 11 p.m. Tuesday, with weather officials urging extreme caution as the ocean continues to churn from the remnants of Tropical Storm Marie. <\/p>\n The rip currents and massive surf are capable of capsizing small boats, knocking people off jetties and pulling swimmers out to sea.<\/p>\n \u201cAnybody who\u2019s inexperienced needs to stay away from the surf zone right now. The waves \u2014 sometimes they\u2019ll start out looking kind of moderate, and then all of a sudden, you get these really large, dangerous, higher waves,\u201d Gomberg said. \u201cAnd the extremely strong rip currents \u2014 the last couple days they\u2019ve been numerous, and they\u2019ve been frequent in terms of severity. That\u2019s really dangerous, and that\u2019s why we use the headline \u2018potentially life-threatening rip currents.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n In Malibu, waves at Zuma Beach broke as high as 12 feet over the weekend. Emergency responders also scrambled to respond to major beach closures and significant flooding along the coast.<\/p>\n South-facing beaches in Long Beach and Malibu were hit particularly hard by a combination of high swells, higher-than-high tides and tropical-storm-charged waves.<\/p>\n Dramatic video footage<\/a> from Long Beach shows massive waves slamming into the shoreline and splintering the wood on the boardwalk. Sand berms that had been built ahead of the storm were completely washed away.<\/p>\n Residents in the area reported power shortages, flooded garages and drains clogged with sand.<\/p>\n Mark Roslawski and his dog, Benni, walk through a flooded parking lot near the Seal Beach Pier.<\/p>\n (Jason Armond \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s power shortages going on, so some people are getting shocked in there, so we\u2019re having to turn off all the power. There\u2019s tiles being ripped off the floor, furniture being moved,\u201d Long Beach resident Cole Hill told ABC-7 news<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tropical storms are not necessarily unusual this time of year for Southern California, but what\u2019s particularly striking about the flooding this week is the confluence of powerful waves on top of higher-than-high tides.<\/p>\n Simply put, cold water takes up less volume and warm water expands \u2014 and given the record-breaking heat wave in the ocean<\/a> that has been parked off the California coast (not to mention the brewing \u201csuper\u201d El Ni\u00f1o<\/a>,) the tides coming in have been higher than a so-called normal season. <\/p>\n High tide levels can fluctuate in this region: they can sometimes be 4 or 5 feet, and sometimes the high tide can reach 6 to 6.5 feet around this time of year.<\/p>\n But high tide on Sunday was 6.7 feet and is forecast to surge as high as 7 feet on Monday evening, and 7.2 feet on Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been running a little bit higher than the predicted tides, so instead of 6 to 6.5 feet, it\u2019s 6.5 to 7 \u2014 and just that little difference in the water level can make a difference of how far inland the water can push near the coast,\u201d Gomberg said.<\/p>\n The rainfall \u2014 also unusual for this time of year \u2014 did not help with drainage issues over the weekend. Some parts of Los Angeles County received more than 1.25 inches of rain on Sunday.<\/p>\n Resident David Black carries beach towels out of his flooded garage on the Alamitos Peninsula in Long Beach. <\/p>\n (Ronaldo Bola\u00f1os \/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n Across Los Angeles County, public health officials urged beachgoers to avoid swimming<\/a> in the ocean through Wednesday because of potential bacteria spikes from the rain.<\/p>\n![\"Mark](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788825853_998_.jpeg\")
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