California beachfront building lost to surf as East Coast braces for nor'easter
The gist
A two-story beachfront apartment building in Long Beach, California, was left slanting into the ocean as salt water poured in from all sides.
Coastal flooding is hitting both U.S. coasts, with alerts from North Carolina to the mid-Atlantic.
How it unfolded
- Oct 9, 2026 03:30The boardwalk and a 25-foot-wide sand beach in front of a two-story beachfront apartment building in Long Beach, California, were gone, and salt water poured in from all sides as the building slanted down into the ocean.
- Oct 10, 2026Tropical Storm Rachel, downgraded after making landfall in Baja California, fueled heavy rain, strong winds, unusually high tides, powerful waves and storm surge that battered the Southern California coast over the weekend.
- Oct 13, 2026Six Pacific Surfliner trains were canceled as a precaution due to anticipated high tides along the San Clemente coastal corridor.