King tides swamp California city in floodwater as ocean surges up busy street

Source: New York Post

A tidal surge swallowed streets in Newport Beach on Monday morning, sending knee-deep floodwater rushing into a picturesque coastal neighborhood as frantic residents scrambled to protect their homes and businesses. The ocean spilled into the upscale Orange County enclave as king tides battered the Southern California coastline, turning normally bustling streets into waterways and threatening another round of destruction in a city already reeling from severe flooding earlier this month.   Aerial footage from KTLA showed residents desperately stacking sandbags along Edgewater Avenue and Washington Street on the harbor side of the Balboa Peninsula as murky water surged toward local businesses.