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Rachel's surf aftermath: file footage of a torn-up boardwalk

Tropical Storm Rachel forced residents to evacuate Long Beach and temporarily shuttered Newport Beach as dangerous surf battered the coast.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on The Weekend Shift
Published 1:53 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Photo: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Photo: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Tropical cyclone — Photo: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Footage: CrescentBeachProd · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

First reported by Los Angeles Times: “Tropical Storm Rachel's surf drives out Long Beach residents, briefly shuts Newport Beach beaches”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 1:53 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock; aired 2 times.
Topics: Newport Beach, Long Beach, Tropical Storm Rachel.
BBN covered this story before: Rachel's surf drives out Long Beach residents, shuts Newport beaches (October 10).

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Los Angeles TimesTropical Storm Rachel's surf drives out Long Beach residents, briefly shuts Newport Beach beaches

What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTropical Storm Rachel's surf pushed Long Beach residents out of their homes and briefly closed Newport Beach beaches, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the sea lions loved that storm and the people did not.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it. File footage, not Long Beach. Torn planks scattered across a boardwalk, apartments on the left, gray sky.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh, that's brutal.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch this. Wide view now. The whole walkway is splinters. Total plank anarchy.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRun it back. I need to see the planks again.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLook at you. Last night I gave a boardwalk seven. The apartments watched this whole thing, so I'm going nine.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNine. The apartments earned it.

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