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LONG BEACH, Calif. – Coastal residents in Long Beach<\/a> are bracing for severe flooding, high surf and plunging temperatures as remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel<\/a> batter Southern California, threatening waterfront homes. This comes as several coastal cities in Southern California have already faced serious erosion.<\/p>\n The latest storm comes on the heels of a destructive September, when remnants of Hurricane Marie severely impacted the shoreline. Remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel have delivered another blow to the region, causing damage to the Peninsula boardwalk and nearby waterfront properties.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n At least eight structures in Long Beach have already been red-tagged. Officials have issued a targeted evacuation order and warning in the hardest-hit areas.<\/p>\n To combat the rising tides, city crews worked through Sunday reinforcing sand berms along the shoreline. Meanwhile, emergency personnel have established a centralized command post and pre-staged equipment across vulnerable neighborhoods, including Naples, to ensure rapid response capabilities throughout the city.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n Long Beach Fire Department Assistant Chief Jake Heflin urged residents across the area, not just those on the immediate coast, to prepare for potential flooding and stay tuned to emergency advisories.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s really important that people are paying very close attention to those alerts and warnings, and that\u2019s why we tell people to subscribe to those alerts and warnings,” Heflin said, noting that emergency resources are ready to deploy at a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n Local residents are taking no chances.<\/p>\n “With the whole command center set up like this, and sandbags, it\u2019s definitely crazy,” said Long Beach resident Henry Starnes, who has already stocked up on supplies for his home. “I definitely have the sandbags, I have 10 in my house just to be sure. I might need a few more if it gets any worse.”<\/p>\n Fire department officials advise anyone whose property has flooded in past storms to proactively pick up sandbags and prepare their homes for both current conditions and incoming weather systems.<\/p>\n “Evacuation warning remains in place for homes near the affected properties and the red-tagged properties remain under an evacuation order, so those areas, we are not out of the woods, do not return to those red-tagged homes,” Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson said Monday. “You may be tempted to go in and get your personal belongings, they are not safe.”<\/p>\n The Source: Information for this story came from the City of Long Beach, including quotes from Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and Fire Department Assistant Chief Jake Heflin.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hurricanes<\/a>Severe Weather<\/a>Los Angeles County<\/a>Long Beach<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif. – Coastal residents in Long Beach are bracing for severe flooding, high surf and plunging…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1184,20631,131,133,132,137,100,634,1181,19],"class_list":["post-494455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-ca","tag-hurricanes","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-news","tag-severe-weather","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494455","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=494455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}