With the OC coast facing a barrage of higher-than-ever king tides and recurring storms, the city is doing everything it can to prepare, Seal Beach City Manager Patrick Gallegos assured residents this week.
“I think for us, like most coastal towns right now, we’re really over-preparing for what we anticipated and what the scientists with the National Weather Service have predicted will be an unprecedented event for us,” said Gallegos.
Relentless waves have already damaged homes in Newport Beach and Long Beach, and coastal areas have begun reporting low-lying flooding like a massive king tide that flooded Sunset Beach.
Seal Police confirmed that Tuesday’s high tides forced Huntington Beach authorities, in collaboration with Caltrans, to close Pacific Coast Highway from Anderson to Warner Ave. in Sunset Beach…