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Is the nuclear waste at San Onofre safe from high tides and El Niño?

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SAN DIEGO — Forecasters warn of coastal flooding and high tides in Southern California, but officials at Southern California Edison say dozens of stored canisters containing nuclear waste at the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station pose no public safety threats — even if rainfall in the coming months is heavier than expected. ...Read more

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'This is the worst it's been': King tides flood Southern California beach bars and restaurants

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Rashel Mereness was on vacation when this week's record-breaking king tide relentlessly streamed water onto the Redondo Beach International Boardwalk and into her bar, so she called staff to gauge just how bad the flooding was. While on the phone Wednesday morning, one staffer watched a city trash can float by.

"I don't think anybody expected ...Read more

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More than 500 homes damaged in, 50 people rescued from southwestern Colorado flooding

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DENVER — As damage assessments continue across southwest Colorado, Archuleta County officials have confirmed more than 500 homes were impacted by flooding and dozens of stranded residents were rescued.

Of the 595 miles of roadway in Archuleta County, roughly 150 miles are impassable, Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners Chair Warren...Read more

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Southern California coast braces for more flooding as El Niño's high tides break records

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LOS ANGELES — Southern California coastal communities are bracing for more flooding Thursday and Friday as El Niño conditions keep water levels very high.

Unusually high tides that have brought flooding to low-lying areas in Southern California including Newport Beach and Long Beach may linger longer than initially predicted.

The National ...Read more

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Southern California's flood risks extended another day, weather service says

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LOS ANGELES — Unusually high tides that have brought flooding to low-lying areas in Southern California including Newport Beach and Long Beach may linger longer than initially predicted.

The National Weather Service on Wednesday extended flood advisories for all of Southern California’s coastal counties through 2 p.m. Friday, said Devin ...Read more

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El Niño flooding grips Newport Beach in a vise. 'Mother Nature comes to collect some tax'

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Newport Beach resident Bill Sharp has seen his share of flooding in his six decades on the Balboa Peninsula.

During past El Niño seasons, residents have been known to swap their cars for canoes and paddle boards to get around the peninsula after storms and high tides.

But the record-breaking tides this week took even...Read more

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'Highest king tide ever' swamps South Florida and exposes danger of sea rise

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MIAMI — All signs point to this week’s king tide as the highest in South Florida’s history — supercharged by onshore winds and sea level rise.

From Miami to West Palm, an unprecedented amount of saltwater surged ashore. It submerged lanes of major thoroughfares, leaving drivers to navigate intersections with water up to their wheel ...Read more

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Southern California coast hit by widespread flooding as record-breaking tides move in

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High tides inundated Southern California communities with water on Monday, flooding streets from Newport Beach to Long Beach, as the region braces for days of coastal flooding from near-record or record-high sea levels this week.

As high tide peaked Monday morning, water surged from Newport Harbor onto the streets of the Balboa Peninsula, ...Read more

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Southern California coast expected to be under siege for days from extreme sea levels

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Near-record or record-high sea levels are expected to bring multiple days of flooding along the Southern California coast this week, with the inundation beginning as soon as Monday when high tide rolls in.

Officials in Newport Beach and Long Beach have been scrambling to prepare as crews move sand to shore up beaches, install sandbags and ...Read more

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South Florida is already flooding, and the peak of this king tide is days away

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Some South Florida streets and parks likely will be submerged at some point in the next few days, as another — stronger — round of king tides strike the region.

These higher-than-usual high tides are supercharged by winds blowing onshore, pushing more seawater on land. Couple that with the 1 to 2 inches of rain expected along the coast over...Read more

Exceptionally high tides will swamp California, 'likely to get worse before it gets better'

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LOS ANGELES — Exceptionally high tides are set to hit California as early as this weekend, sending officials scrambling to prepare for another onslaught along the state's already battered coast.

The National Weather Service issued a coastal flood warning that goes into effect Sunday morning and lasts through Thursday afternoon, saying it ...Read more

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Josephine shifts into powerful extratropical storm as NHC tracks 2nd Atlantic system

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Subtropical Storm Josephine became a powerful extratropical storm off the U.S. coast Thursday while the National Hurricane Center kept its eye on another system also in the Atlantic.

As of the 5 p.m. NHC advisory, what is now Post-Tropical Cyclone Josephine was located about 235 miles east-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and 335 miles ...Read more

Evacuations ordered for 'extreme' flood threat in southern Colorado

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DENVER — Residents living along several southern Colorado rivers were ordered to evacuate on Thursday afternoon amid a severe flood threat, Archuleta County officials said.

“LEAVE IMMEDIATELY,” the alert stated. “Danger is imminent and life-threatening. If you choose to ignore this order, emergency services may not be able to assist you...Read more

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Rain triggers flooding, erosion concerns across Southern California. Could it stomp out fire season?

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LOS ANGELES — The string of El Niño-fueled storms that have closed roads, crumbled boardwalks and eroded beaches in Southern California in the summer and fall may have also brought a silver lining: a potential end in sight to the region's fire season, experts say.

Just a week after a 570-acre fire spread to hillside communities in Orange ...Read more

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Subtropical Storm Josephine forecast to grow while NHC tracks 2nd Atlantic system

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Subtropical Storm Josephine continued to surge off the U.S. Atlantic coast while the National Hurricane Center kept its eye on another system.

As of the 11 a.m. NHC advisory, Josephine was located about 200 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts and 420 miles south-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia moving northeast at 12 mph with maximum ...Read more

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Subtropical Storm Josephine forecast to grow while NHC tracks 2nd Atlantic system

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Subtropical Storm Josephine continued to surge off the U.S. Atlantic coast while the National Hurricane Center kept its eye on another system.

As of the 5 a.m. NHC advisory, the Josephine was located about 195 miles south-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts and 475 miles south-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia moving northeast at 13 mph with ...Read more

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Subtropical Storm Josephine forms in Atlantic; NHC also tracking 2nd system

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Subtropical Storm Josephine formed off the mid-Atlantic coast on Wednesday and is forecast to strengthen but move northeastward away from the United States, the National Hurricane Center said, and a second Atlantic disturbance is brewing.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. tropical outlook, Josephine was located 265 miles south of Nantucket, ...Read more

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El Niño: Which Northern California places are most at risk this winter?

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By now, most Northern Californians know that there are historically strong El Niño conditions in the Pacific Ocean which are increasing the chances for a rough and very wet winter.

But some places have more risk than others. Low-lying coastal and bayfront areas — including the beaches at Santa Cruz, the eastern approach to the Bay Bridge, ...Read more

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Hurricane center tracking 2 Atlantic systems with chance to develop

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday continued to keep an eye on a system off the U.S. East Coast with the potential to develop into a more dangerous storm as well as beginning to track a second Atlantic system.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, a storm-force, nontropical area of low pressure, ...Read more

Hurricane center continues to track system off US East Coast

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continued Wednesday to keep an eye on a system off the U.S. East Coast with the potential to develop into a more dangerous storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, a storm-force, nontropical area of low pressure, dubbed AL93, which had formed Sunday night, was located a few hundred miles ...Read more