{"id":68038,"date":"2026-11-14T14:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T10:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=68038"},"modified":"2026-11-14T14:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T10:44:26","slug":"us-authorities-warn-of-coastal-flooding-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2026\/11\/14\/us-authorities-warn-of-coastal-flooding-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"US authorities warn of coastal flooding in California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The US National Weather Service (NWS) has warned of powerful waves crashing onto beaches and overtopping seawalls in California, as the state braces for a series of storms bringing heavy rainfall and rough seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waves are expected to reach heights of around nine metres off the coasts of San Francisco and the Big Sur region, raising concerns over flooding in low-lying coastal areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities said the high waves could flood nearby structures, urging the public to stay out of the water and keep away from piers, harbours and rocky areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The warnings come after waves generated by a tropical storm caused damage in Long Beach in recent weeks, destroying sections of the waterfront, flooding a residential neighbourhood and damaging homes that are now at risk of collapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US National Weather Service (NWS) has warned of powerful waves crashing onto beaches and overtopping seawalls in California, as the state braces for a series of storms bringing heavy rainfall and rough seas. Waves are expected to reach heights of around nine metres off the coasts of San Francisco and the Big Sur region, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":68039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68040,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68038\/revisions\/68040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}