「瑞秋」残余周日对南加影响小于预期：Laguna Beach沙坝守住 Long Beach半岛13户住宅被贴红标、河滨县两起洪水救援
Laguna Beach——据《橙县纪事报》／南加新闻集团报道，热带风暴「瑞秋」残余周日继续给南加州带来高潮位与巨浪，但多地实况比此前担心的要轻。Laguna Beach市经理戴夫·基夫说预报「有点不准」：周五的涌浪比预报大，周六与预报相近，「今天早上看起来小一些」。该市公共工程队伍周六深夜在主海滩一侧挖沙、沿冲浪线筑起15英尺高的沙坝；周日上午9时45分高潮位时沙坝守住，市区一度担心的Laguna Beach 的溪流与潮水叠加淹没低洼市中心并未发生。Newport Beach市经理塞莫内·尤尔吉斯表示周六夜至周日全市无恙；该市码头与著名涌浪点The Wedge继续关闭，防范措施至少持续至周一、周二重新评估，全市海岸线几乎全线筑坝。San Clemente市经理安迪·霍尔周日表示该市情况良好，仅海滩地下通道入口处进水。
受创最重的是Long Beach半岛社区。此前数日的严重破坏包括极端洪水、受损的护岸与被毁的木板道，共有13户住宅被贴红标（禁止入住）、数户居民撤离。Long Beach市官员称，被贴红标的住宅在周六夜至周日晨的高潮位中再受损害，周日下午仍在评估新增损失；部分街道有海水侵入，市政队伍在场抽水，周日未出现大的洪水问题。队伍继续在第62 Place一带筑沙坝，并在第63 Place清沙；第66 Place的居民立起手写告示，请围观者不要进入街区。
内陆方面，「瑞秋」带来的水汽周日凌晨给内陆帝国地区带来强降雨：圣贝纳迪诺县Forest Falls街道被泥浆覆盖。河滨县发生两起洪水救援：加州消防局／河滨县消防局发言人特拉·费尔南德斯表示，救援人员先在Leon Road与Domenigoni Parkway交汇处救出一名被洪水围困者；其后又在Perris市San Jacinto Avenue与Murrieta Road交汇处，用充气船救出一名被困在车顶上的人，该人受轻伤送医。
国家气象局已将「瑞秋」降格、不再按热带风暴处理，预计天气将于周二逐渐放晴；气象部门表示，周日的高潮位应是洛杉矶县最严重的一次，未来数天高潮位仍可能带来中度沿海洪水，本周后段将明显回暖。（GSM 据《橙县纪事报》报道）
Rachel's Remnants Prove Milder Than Feared in Southern California on Sunday: Laguna Beach Berms Hold, 13 Long Beach Peninsula Homes Red-Tagged, Two Flood Rescues in Riverside County
Laguna Beach — The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel brought another round of high tides and pounding surf to Southern California on Sunday, but conditions in many coastal communities proved milder than feared, the Orange County Register/Southern California News Group reported. "The (forecasts) were a little off," Laguna Beach City Manager Dave Kiff said. "Friday's swell was larger than indicated, and yesterday's was about the same — and this morning seems less." Public Works crews worked late into Saturday night scooping sand at Main Beach to build 15-foot-high sand berms along the surf line, and the berms held at Sunday's 9:45 a.m. high tide; the feared scenario of Laguna Creek swelling and joining the incoming tide to flood the low-lying downtown did not materialize. Newport Beach City Manager Seimone Jurjis reported no issues from Saturday night into Sunday; the city's piers and The Wedge remained off limits to the public, with precautions to stay in place through Monday and to be reassessed Tuesday, and berms built along nearly the entire coastline. In San Clemente, City Manager Andy Hall said Sunday the town fared well, with flooding only at the underpass beach access points.
The Peninsula neighborhood of Long Beach took the heaviest damage. After several days of severe destruction that included extreme flooding, damaged bulkheads and a mangled boardwalk, 13 homes were red-tagged and several evacuations took place. Long Beach officials said the red-tagged homes sustained more damage during high tides on Saturday night and through Sunday morning, with the new destruction still being assessed on Sunday afternoon; some seawater intruded into streets, but crews were on site with pumps and no major flooding problems arose. Crews continued building sand berms along 62nd Place and shoveled sand out of 63rd Place, while residents on 66th Place posted handmade signs asking onlookers to stay away.
Inland, moisture from Rachel brought heavy rain to the Inland Empire early Sunday. Streets in Forest Falls in San Bernardino County were blanketed with mud. In Riverside County, first responders carried out two flood rescues: a person was rescued at Leon Road and Domenigoni Parkway, and later responders used an inflatable boat to rescue someone stranded on top of a vehicle at San Jacinto Avenue and Murrieta Road in Perris, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire spokesperson Terra Fernandez said. The person rescued in Perris was hospitalized with minor injuries.
National Weather Service forecasters have downgraded Rachel from tropical storm status and expect skies to gradually clear by Tuesday. Sunday's high tide was expected to be the worst of it for Los Angeles County, with moderate coastal flooding likely to continue during the next few days at high tides and a significant warmup expected later in the week. (GSM, from Orange County Register reports)
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图片来源：Long Beach Alamitos 半岛海滨步道资料图（本轮受创最重的Long Beach半岛社区；非受灾现场）。图：Sergei Gussev，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0（经 Commons API 实查）。File photo of the Alamitos Peninsula seaside walk in Long Beach, the hardest-hit neighborhood (not the damage scene). Photo: Sergei Gussev, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (verified via Commons API).
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