Former Hurricane Marie sends big waves to Southern California
Powerful swells from former Hurricane Marie are washing over beaches and walkways while creating life-threatening surf and rip currents along the Southern California coast. Usually an invisible swirl of air, this passing dust devil became impossible to miss when it flung pool inflatables and furniture cushions skyward. A cluster of three hurricanes has formed in the central and eastern Pacific — areas primed for tropical activity by El Niño. Southeast Texas saw life-threatening flooding even as storm Edouard lost steam. Online speculation said “brown ocean effect” aided the rain, but the simpler explanation was right next door.
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