{"id":495462,"date":"2026-10-14T05:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495462\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T05:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:26:17","slug":"olympians-beachfront-california-home-destroyed-as-storms-batter-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495462\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympian’s beachfront California home destroyed as storms batter coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

An aspiring LA 2028 Olympian lost her home to the devastating storm over the weekend after Tropical Storm Rachel battered the Long Beach coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paris Porter, who is aiming to sail for Team USA in the 2028 Olympics, posted a heartfelt video this week mourning the loss of her beachfront abode<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know that house you constantly see half-crumbled in the news, drone shots, and viral posts of the Long Beach Peninsula? Well, that was our home \ud83d\udc94 Three hurricane swells in six weeks in Southern California? Unheard of\u2026,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

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An aspiring LA 2028 Olympian lost her home to the devastating storm over the weekend after Tropical Storm Rachel battered the Long Beach coast. Instagram\/@parishenken<\/p>\n

Paris Porter, who is aiming to sail for Team USA in the 2028 Olympics, posted a heartfelt video this week mourning the loss of her beachfront abode. Instagram\/@parishenken<\/p>\n

Paris Porter, right, said she was renting the home and was starting her life with her husband, RJ Porter. Instagram\/@parishenken<\/p>\n

Paris Porter. Instagram\/@parishenken<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing the destruction, not only to our house but to everyone around us, breaks our hearts,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Porter said she was renting the home and was starting her life with her husband, RJ Porter. The couple shared videos of waves smashing into the coast<\/a> and reminisced about their life in the home.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see three storms undo a place that brought so much peace is devastating, especially knowing how deeply it impacts our neighbors who lost so much more. The peninsula will always hold a special place in our hearts,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

Hurricane Rachel slammed into SoCal over the weekend<\/a>, decimating homes along Long Beach\u2019s Alamitos Peninsula. At least eight buildings representing 13 addresses were red-tagged as unsafe to enter, while another was yellow-tagged, allowing residents limited access to retrieve their belongings, according to Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson.<\/p>\n

A view shows scenes from the Long Beach Peninsula on Sunday, October 11, 2026. Jon Putman for CA Post<\/p>\n

Hurricane Rachel slammed into SoCal over the weekend, decimating homes along Long Beach\u2019s Alamitos Peninsula. Instagram\/@parishenken<\/p>\n

Long Beach officials said the damage just built up across the community from strong storms across recent weeks. Instagram\/@parishenken<\/p>\n

Porter said she and her husband have taken up refuge in temporary housing for the next eight months as they figure out their next steps.<\/p>\n

Her video mourning her home went viral. Porter said she made the video \u201cas a way to reflect\u201d and thanked viewers for their positivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know we will be okay moving forward and that is lucky, and we don\u2019t take it for granted,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Long Beach officials said the damage just built up across the community from strong storms across recent weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe collapse began when [Hurricane] Marie came\u201d in early September, Long Beach Fire Department spokesperson Melanie Miller said. Instagram\/@parishenken<\/p>\n

\u201cThe collapse began when [Hurricane] Marie came\u201d in early September, Long Beach Fire Department spokesperson Melanie Miller said, \u201cand it\u2019s been building off of that. Then Hurricane Polo, now Rachel. It\u2019s been continuous damage since then.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been preparations \u2014 we even deployed 3,000-pound sandbags,\u201d Miller added, \u201cbut you can only do so much during low tide; there are limited windows of opportunity. And the dynamics are working against you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richardson said the city was taking the situation \u201cvery seriously\u201d and that it highlighted \u201can importance to be incredibly serious in our region and in our state around climate resilience and coastal resiliency.\u201d<\/p>\n

The California Post reached out to Porter for comment.<\/p>\n

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