SoCal coast braces for high tides. Here’s where the biggest impacts will be – Los Angeles Times

SoCal coast braces for high tides. Here’s where the biggest impacts will be  Los Angeles Times

Officials and residents along the Southern California coast braced for impact Sunday from very high tides after early-season storms already caused significant damage in coastal areas. The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for Orange and San Diego counties from Sunday morning to midday Thursday. Morning high tides were expected to be 1 to 1.7 feet above projections in those counties, the weather service said in a statement. "Numerous roads may be closed," the statement read. "Low-lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure will be inundated." Metrolink announced it would temporarily suspend service in southern Orange County from Monday through Friday at the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo and Oceanside stations due to the tides.

The affected rail line, used by Metrolink and Amtrak trains that connect Orange County to San Diego along the Pacific Coast, has long been threatened by coastal erosion and was already closed for several days over the summer. The California Department of Transportation has also secured millions of dollars in emergency funds to repair a massive crack that developed during early-October high tides on a slope below Pacific Coast Highway near Laguna Beach. The concerning crack is near the Moro Beach section of Crystal Cove. In coastal parts of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, the weather service issued flood advisories,