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Long Beach Red-Tags 13 Homes After Tropical Storm Rachel

By Drooid · Oct 14, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC · How we work

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Long Beach Officials Mobilize

Long Beach officials red-tagged 13 homes after Tropical Storm Rachel’s surf battered the peninsula.
Mandatory evacuations cover 64th, 65th, 66th places, including Seaside Walk blocks 6200-6700.
City distributed 17,000 sandbags and placed 30 three-thousand-pound bags on 65th Place.
Officials spent $1 million Tidelands reserves to move 45,000 cubic yards of sand and widen the beach 200 ft.
Boardwalk and seawall suffered extensive damage as surf reached 4-7 ft while tides peaked at 7-7.5 ft.

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Meteorologist Kristan Lund said Rachel moved through Southern California faster than expected, reducing Long Beach rainfall exposure.
City crews continued pumping street water and shoveling sand from storm drains as conditions improved through Tuesday.

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Historical Context

In August 1992 Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida as a Category 5 storm, destroying more than 63,500 homes, killing 44 people and causing $27.3 billion in damage. The disaster prompted nationwide reforms and expanded emergency-management funding. Today, Long Beach’s $1 million sand-bag effort and a community-run media outlet echo those reforms as they confront storm damage with limited federal assistance.

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Long Beach Officials Mobilize

Long Beach officials red-tagged 13 homes after Tropical Storm Rachel’s surf battered the peninsula.
Mandatory evacuations cover 64th, 65th, 66th places, including Seaside Walk blocks 6200-6700.
City distributed 17,000 sandbags and placed 30 three-thousand-pound bags on 65th Place.
Officials spent $1 million Tidelands reserves to move 45,000 cubic yards of sand and widen the beach 200 ft.
Boardwalk and seawall suffered extensive damage as surf reached 4-7 ft while tides peaked at 7-7.5 ft.

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