{"id":492325,"date":"2026-10-11T06:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T06:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/492325\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T06:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T06:06:11","slug":"long-beach-boardwalk-splinters-as-remnants-of-tropical-storm-rachel-threaten-waterfront-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/492325\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach boardwalk splinters as remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel threaten waterfront homes"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Long Beach is experiencing extensive damage from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel, with the city\u2019s century-old boardwalk broken and eight homes along the peninsula marked unsafe.<\/p>\n

Waves breached the wall along what remained of the boardwalk before high tide arrived Saturday night. By Saturday evening, the damage made the boardwalk inaccessible, and officials had posted a \u201cNo trespassing\u201d sign to close the area.<\/p>\n

Video captured a crack in one boardwalk home that extended from its foundation to the roof.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: Long Beach officials announce preparations for more flooding as Tropical Storm Rachel targets SoCa<\/a>l<\/p>\n

Officials in Long Beach announced the city’s latest preparations for Hurricane Rachel and efforts to address coastal flooding and tidal surges.<\/p>\n

Waves pummeled the boardwalk\u2019s wooden slats, bending, breaking and ripping them out of place. Crews worked to reinforce the area before the next high tide.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really heartbreaking to see how much has been affected with the surf and the high tides and everything. I mean, people are losing their houses,\u201d said Stacey Sniezak, a Long Beach neighbor.<\/p>\n

Sniezak lived on 65th Street for 45 years, just steps away from one of the eight homes along the peninsula marked unsafe with yellow or red tags.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just impossible to fix at this point, and I don\u2019t know how they\u2019re going to do that,\u201d Sniezak said.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Homes red-tagged as one teeters near ocean in Long Beach with continued high surf from Rachel<\/a><\/p>\n

Long Beach residents, especially on the peninsula, are shoring up and bracing for more damaging surf.<\/p>\n

High surf and high tides generated by Tropical Storm Rachel were expected to continue. The National Weather Service issued a coastal flooding warning through Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

A mandatory evacuation order was also issued for residents on 64th and 65th streets along Seaside Walk.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve closed off vehicular access to the peninsula for residents only. We\u2019re encouraging everyone else to avoid the peninsula all weekend so that our city crews can have access and best perform this critical work,\u201d Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson said.<\/p>\n

With the entire city projected to feel impacts from the storm, residents lined up along the beach to collect sandbags and protect their properties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re building a house on 60th Street. It\u2019s almost done, and we\u2019re hoping it doesn\u2019t sail off to Hawaii before we get to live in it,\u201d Long Beach resident Mike Peters said.<\/p>\n

Other residents tried to stay occupied as they waited to see what the storm would bring next.<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up this morning, shoveling sand just to get my mind off things, just move things around and not watch the news — no offense,\u201d Long Beach resident John Hurnando said.<\/p>\n

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