▲ 12 ▼ O.C. coast is losing battle against El Niño flooding, and it's about to get worse (www.latimes.com) submitted 1 week ago by Clambake0351@piefed.zip to c/california@piefed.social 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments The flooding this week has hit several Orange County coastal towns, but experts say it is likely just a preview of more intense problems to come this winter as a major El Niño is expected to bring heavy rain, high surf and flooding.
[–] lemmygarden@lemmy.today 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) Paywalled permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Clambake0351@piefed.zip [S] 1 point 1 week ago The whole article is too long to copy, but here's the summary bullets: Record high tides have flooded Orange County coastal neighborhoods despite sandbags, pumps and berms, offering a preview of the heavier rain, surf and flooding expected this winter. Scientists warn that king tides could rise another foot or two during El Niño, and storms at the same time could overwhelm defenses and inundate areas unaccustomed to flooding. Record-warm ocean water is pushing sea levels higher, while officials and experts say temporary fixes such as seawalls may not suffice as coastal flooding worsens. And here's a few filters you should consider adding to uBlock Origin for no particular reason. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liamengland1/miscfilters/refs/heads/master/antipaywall.txt https://codeberg.org/Mahogany0330/BeautifyingPageCleaner/raw/branch/main/bpc-filter.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/BrowseWebsitesWithoutLoggingIn.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yokoffing/filterlists/refs/heads/main/antipaywall_filters_without_element_hiding.txt permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Clambake0351@piefed.zip [S] 1 point 1 week ago The whole article is too long to copy, but here's the summary bullets: Record high tides have flooded Orange County coastal neighborhoods despite sandbags, pumps and berms, offering a preview of the heavier rain, surf and flooding expected this winter. Scientists warn that king tides could rise another foot or two during El Niño, and storms at the same time could overwhelm defenses and inundate areas unaccustomed to flooding. Record-warm ocean water is pushing sea levels higher, while officials and experts say temporary fixes such as seawalls may not suffice as coastal flooding worsens. And here's a few filters you should consider adding to uBlock Origin for no particular reason. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liamengland1/miscfilters/refs/heads/master/antipaywall.txt https://codeberg.org/Mahogany0330/BeautifyingPageCleaner/raw/branch/main/bpc-filter.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/BrowseWebsitesWithoutLoggingIn.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yokoffing/filterlists/refs/heads/main/antipaywall_filters_without_element_hiding.txt permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malica@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 week ago Oh no, not orange county! Anyway... permalink fedilink source
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