The National Weather Service issues warnings from Malibu to Orange County following two weekend drowning fatalities.
Weather officials have issued coastal flood and high surf warnings from Northern California to Malibu as a volatile mix of heavy ocean swells and peak seasonal tides continues to batter the Southern California shoreline.
The National Weather Service extended beach hazards and flood advisories through midweek, warning that the annual peak tides—popularly known as “king tides”—are producing breaking waves capable of washing onlookers off rocks, flooding beach parking lots, and capsizing small watercraft.
The structural and environmental threats follow two recent shorefront fatalities blamed on the treacherous marine conditions. In Orange County, turbulent waters at Treasure Island Beach swept a 5-year-old girl out to sea on Tuesday as she walked near the shoreline with her family; her body was recovered by authorities two days later. A separate incident in Santa Cruz resulted in the death of one woman and left another in critical condition after both were pulled from the coast by a sudden high tide…