Bulldozers have built giant sand berms to protect beachfront homes in one of the California coastal cities hit hard this week by extraordinary waves generated by powerful swells from Pacific storms. The National Weather Service warns that another round of extremely dangerous surf conditions would return Saturday. Much of the West coast — spanning from the U.S.-Mexico border to southern Oregon — is under coastal flood and high-surf alerts.
While surf conditions up and down the West Coast remained perilous Thursday, conditions should not get worse as of the afternoon, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said.
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A series of powerful storms in the Pacific Ocean are driving towering waves into the California coastline, triggering flooding and posing a significant risk to people and structures along the coast.
Bulldozers have built giant sand berms to protect beachfront homes in one of the California coastal cities hit hard this week by extraordinary waves generated by powerful swells from Pacific storms. The National Weather Service warns that another round of extremely dangerous surf conditions would return Saturday. Much of the West coast — spanning from the U.S.-Mexico border to southern Oregon — is under coastal flood and high-surf alerts.