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U.S.COAST ALERT

Large waves pummel Southern California coast, flooding homes

Storm waves are flooding homes along the Southern California coast, with emergency crews responding; the ocean did not request permits.

Photo: Southern California
Photo: Eric Johnson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Washington Post reports large storm waves are pummeling the Southern California coast and flooding homes, with emergency crews responding up and down the shoreline.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorResidents are dealing with water where their living rooms used to be.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe coast is where people go to relax, and the ocean just showed up uninvited.

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNobody told me. I forecast weather for a living and the sea just went freelance on me.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBrock, maybe the ocean needs to be heard. I can heal that.

  6. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNo.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentZero percent is suspicious, you said earlier. Ocean never promised zero.

  8. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistEven the water is quoting me back at me.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAlso today, PBS reports Arlington County, Virginia, has filed a new lawsuit over the Trump memorial arch.

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