{"id":476477,"date":"2026-09-26T13:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/476477\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:46:27","slug":"hurricane-polo-may-bring-high-surf-threat-to-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/476477\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Polo may bring high surf threat to Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fly straight into the eye of one of the most powerful hurricanes<\/p>\n

Hurricane Polo is not expected to make landfall in California, but coastal cities there are still working to shore up a seawall and berms battered by an earlier storm.<\/p>\n

Polo is expected to bring higher than normal surf to Southern California through the weekend, according to weather.com meteorologist Jennifer Gray<\/a>. The threat could linger into early next week.<\/p>\n

That’s of particular concern in Long Beach, California, which is still trying to rebuild after the damage caused by Hurricane Marie<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Powerful waves churned up by Marie damaged parts of the city’s boardwalk and seawall, destroyed sand berms and flooded homes. At one point, 19 homes had to be evacuated.<\/p>\n

(WATCH: Tropical storm waves flood Long Beach homes, force evacuations<\/a>)<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the City Council declared a local emergency<\/a> because of the Marie damage and threats from the El Ni\u00f1o weather pattern and winter storm season.<\/p>\n

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This week, work has continued to shore up tall sand berms and repair the seawall and boardwalk. Workers also were getting huge sandbags in place along the beach.<\/p>\n

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Work continues along the damaged boardwalk on the Long Beach peninsula on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Even without making landfall, Hurricane Polo could deliver another blow to Southern California’s already battered coastline.<\/p>\n

(Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Marie did so much damage between 62nd and 69th places, however, \u201cwe can\u2019t even get trucks down there to build out the berm,\u201d City Manager Tom Modica told the Long Beach Post<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Homeowners who received sandbags during Hurricane Marie are being encouraged to put them back in place. <\/p>\n

(WATCH: Hurricane Polo’s waves shred beach hut<\/a>)<\/p>\n

As Hurricane Polo is expected to make landfall along Baja California, the moisture from the storm will pull into the southwestern U.S., Gray said. This could mean additional rainfall from California to Texas and even as far north as Nebraska.<\/p>\n

Southern California could see showers and storms from Polo’s moisture \u2014 mainly across interior portions.<\/p>\n

For coastal areas, it’s still too early to know just how bad the surf could get. <\/p>\n

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A dog plays in the sand in Long Beach, California, as heavy equipment operators construct berms to protect homes on the Long Beach peninsula on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. A strong hurricane in the Pacific is churning off Mexico’s coast and forecasters warn the powerful storm could deliver another blow to Southern California’s already battered coastline.<\/p>\n

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