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El Niño Will Raise California’s Sea Levels About a Foot This Fall — the Bigger Flood Risk Is This Winter’s King Tides

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 9, 2026
AI-generated illustration: El Niño Will Raise California's Sea Levels About a Foot This Fall — the Bigger Flood Risk Is This Winter's King Tides

A band of unusually warm ocean water is moving north along the Pacific coast, and it’s about to make California’s sea level noticeably higher for weeks

Categories Weather & Disasters Tags Southern California

Marie Weakens to a Tropical Storm Offshore, But Its Swell Keeps Southern California Beaches Dangerous Through Tuesday

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 6, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026
AI-generated illustration: floodwater

Marie, now a tropical storm, will not come ashore in California. But the storm, spinning in the Pacific hundreds of miles offshore, has already flooded Seal Beach’s 8th Street

Categories Weather & Disasters Tags Southern California

No Hurricane Is Headed for California, but Two Pacific Storms Could Bring Rough Surf This Weekend

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 2, 2026 · Updated September 14, 2026
AI-generated illustration: rough surf and a beach warning flag under a stormy sky

Online searches about whether a hurricane could threaten California have spiked this week amid social-media posts and shared long-range weather-model maps

Categories Weather & Disasters Tags Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Karina, Southern California
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