{"id":474844,"date":"2026-09-25T02:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/474844\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T02:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:28:08","slug":"hurricane-polo-threatens-long-beach-residents-recovering-from-marie-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/474844\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Polo threatens Long Beach residents recovering from Marie damage"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Hurricane Polo bears down<\/a> on Southern California, some residents in storm-battered Long Beach are either boarding up their homes or preparing to leave.<\/p>\n

Beachfront residents are still cleaning up from the brutal pounding they took<\/a> from Hurricane Marie over Labor Day weekend as the newest storm threatens to unleash even more damage.<\/p>\n

Meteorologists say monster waves could collide with high tides<\/a> on Monday and Tuesday, forcing city officials to declare an emergency. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Homeowners and city workers prepare for another storm on the Long Beach Peninsula on Thursday. Jon Putman for CA Post<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service is also forecasting elevated surf and powerful rip currents along Southern California beaches<\/a> beginning this weekend and stretching into next week, as several southerly swells roll toward the coast.<\/p>\n

Along Long Beach Peninsula \u2014 where Marie\u2019s towering waves flooded hom<\/a>es, destroyed cars and smashed the boardwalk \u2014 one resident said he\u2019s preparing to leave.<\/p>\n

A NOAA satellite view shows Hurricane Polo on Wednesday. NOAA \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think this house is gonna make it. We\u2019ve got a sinkhole underneath where the sand used to be,\u201d said Shawn Jeffery, who\u2019s lived in his rental apartment on the Peninsula for nine years. \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m going to put my stuff in the garage before this weekend, so I\u2019m ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The beach in front of his home lost nine feet of sand during Marie, leading to the collapse of his building\u2019s foundation and washing away steps from his deck.<\/p>\n

He boarded up his windows so the crashing waves predicted from Polo don\u2019t break his windows.<\/p>\n

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Shawn Jeffery, whose home was damaged by Marie, said he\u2019s packing up to leave: \u201cI don\u2019t think this house is gonna make it.\u201d Ben Chapman\/CA Post<\/p>\n

Neighbors said this year\u2019s storms are the worst they\u2019ve ever endured. Jon Putman for CA Post<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city\u2019s not helping,\u201d he fumed. \u201cWe\u2019re doing everything ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeffery\u2019s neighbors said this year\u2019s storms are the worst they\u2019ve ever endured \u2014 and they\u2019re worried about what\u2019s going to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve never seen a monster like this,\u201d said Julio Zamarripa, a retired pilot who lives steps away from the shore. \u201cIf you have a home facing the ocean, it\u2019s lethal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve never seen a monster like this,\u201d said Julio Zamarripa. Jon Putman for CA Post<\/p>\n

Zamarripa, whose home was spared during Marie, said authorities need to replenish the sand on the beach immediately to prevent more damage to the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are they waiting for? It\u2019ll be too late when the next storm comes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rose Schoenfeld, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service\u2019s Los Angeles\/Oxnard office, said Hurricane Polo is very likely to impact the Long Beach area, with high surf causing coastal flooding on south-facing beaches.<\/p>\n

Workers build san berms in Long Beach. Jon Putman for CA Post<\/p>\n

A satellite image shows Tropical Storm Nolo, left, south of Hawaii, Hurricane Odalys, middle, and Hurricane Polo, right, off the coast of Mexico, in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. NOAA via AP<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks like high tides will peak Monday through Wednesday at around 7 feet,\u201d she said, adding that 5 feet is average for the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf your area was vulnerable to Marie, then it\u2019s likely to be up to that level again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local resident Christine Nakov said people in the neighborhood ran out of essential supplies during the last storm and she\u2019s worried it will happen again.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople were using golf carts and trucks to try and move the sand around. It was terrible,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one knows what they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Long Beach residents Christine and Joe Nakov. Jon Putman for CA Post<\/p>\n

Homeowners and city workers prepare for another tropical storm on the Long Beach Peninsula in Long Beach, California, Thursday, September 24, 2026. Jon Putman for CA Post<\/p>\n

Paula Attina said she and her husband were forced by police to evacuate their home by during Marie, and she\u2019s terrified of what could come in the days ahead and later in the El Ni\u00f1o season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe house shook like an earthquake, and we could see the waves crashing from our third-story window,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen the boardwalk exploded, it felt like I might be lifted into the air.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Long Beach City Council ratified City Manager Tom Modica\u2019s emergency declaration allowing city crews more flexibility to fortify the city\u2019s beautiful beaches.<\/p>\n

Paula Attina said she and her husband were forced by police to evacuate their home by during Hurricane Marie. Jon Putman for CA Post<\/p>\n

Regine Smet is rebuilding her patio after it was destroyed during Hurricane Marie. Ben Chapman\/CA Post<\/p>\n

Homeowners and city workers prepare for another storm. Jon Putman for CA Post<\/p>\n

Homeowners and city workers prepare for another tropical storm on the Long Beach Peninsula, Thursday, September 24, 2026, in Long Beach, California. Jon Putman for CA Post<\/p>\n

But Attina said authorities\u2019 efforts to create sand berms in front of homes on the peninsula are insufficient to protect homes from the expected storms coming this year. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they\u2019re doing right now is just a Band-Aid,\u201d she said. \u201cThey need to renew the sand and install permanent fix.\u201d<\/p>\n

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