Five days after a bomb cyclone hit the San Francisco area, beaches are strewn with debris, resembling a war zone.
Videos posted on Twitter reveal miles of beaches in Santa Cruz, California, where portions of wood are covering the sand as if they were huge matchsticks. One close-up video shows a couple gingerly walking through the area while helicopter traffic reporter Kris Ankarlo flies over the area, saying the logs were up to 40 feet long.
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Major Damage reported as massive swell batters piers and homes in Santacruz #flooding #Flood #santacruz #California #Californians #Californiastorm #Weather pic.twitter.com/L19jQs7stq— Crime With Bobby (@bobbywellison) January 6, 2023
The Golden State is still in the midst of a battering storm that has killed at least 14 people and caused a statewide disaster declaration. So far, 25 inches have fallen on a drought-stricken state that hasn’t seen this much rain in years. More than 180,000 people are without power, CNN reported.
Northern California bore the brunt of the storm, which has caused damage likely to be in the billions of dollars. Much of it seemed centered on Santa Cruz, where a portion of the city’s pier was washed away last week.
“Driving along the coastline and watching the last two big pushes of these storms, I jokingly said to my wife that this could rearrange the whole coastline,” resident Collin Eppard told the Los Angeles Times. “And it quite literally has.”
#Capitola #NWS #ksbw The sun is out momentarily in Capitola . Art and beauty is slowly returning ! pic.twitter.com/Yia3hrVBO0
— Timmo Rice (@TimmoRice) January 10, 2023
One mind-boggling video from Jan. 5 showed the ocean barreling down a main street leading inland in a scene reminiscent of a massive South Seas tsunami.
Another video posted Tuesday shows water pouring into a neighborhood covering streets, while another shot along a paved bluff bike trail shows huge chunks of asphalt missing while waves lap up the area at least 20 feet above sea level.
Santa Cruz, hold on tight! The tidal surges are fierce and the roads are disappearing beneath the waves.#SantaCruz #California #Weather #Flashfloods #Cyclone #MotherNature pic.twitter.com/Lhzn7S7pCt
— Sh*t That’s Interesting (@SUDN2K) January 10, 2023
“Santa Cruz, hold on tight! The tidal surges are fierce and the roads are disappearing beneath the waves,” said one Twitter user.
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Meanwhile, news crews have been busy showing overhead footage in which homes are nearly submerged. Rescuers searched for survivors using jet skis to traverse the area, KTUV reported.
While residents dug out from several feet of mud, the entire central California town of Montecito, where Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, live, is under an evacuation order.
Fellow resident Ellen DeGeneres posted a video of a flash flood near her home.
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“We are having unprecedented rain. This creek next to our house never flows, never,” she said while standing in front of a fast-moving river. “It’s probably 9 feet up and going to go another 2 feet up. We need to be nicer to Mother Nature.”
