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Home On Verge Of Collapse As High Tide Hits Long Beach Peninsula

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Status

Confirmed by an official source

Independent sources

11

First seen

Oct 9, 9:47 AM PDT

updated Oct 16, 2:50 PM PDT

Topic

Local News

What Happened

Emergency repairs and recovery efforts have begun on the Long Beach Peninsula as high tides and waves continue to pound homes, KTTV and Arcadia Weekly reported. At least 8 homes were red tagged in Long Beach due to the damaging high surf, KNVN reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (11), version 18, Oct 16, 4:06 PM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once

Why one small stretch of Long Beach keeps getting pounded with damaging waves · KPCC · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 10, 7:00 AM PDT

How It Unfolded

Oct 9, 10:40 AM PDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

A river gauge in the county read higher than usual for the month. · Oct 13, 6:15 AM PDT

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Los Angeles County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 9, 4:29 PM PDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 9, 5:50 PM PDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.