Cleanup in Newport Beach after big surf, high tides caused flooding, sailboat capsize
(WorldNews Environment)

Mother Nature wreaked havoc in Newport Beach as the Fourth of July weekend got underway, sending ocean water flooding into streets late night on Friday, July 3, also causing a 40-foot sailboat to capsize and shatter into pieces and a traffic jam that kept vehicles from leaving the Balboa Peninsula for hours. Beach closures put in place for the holiday weekend, similar to restrictions at most other Southern California stretches of coast due to coronavirus crowding concerns, gave workers breathing room to clean up the messy aftermath, with a bulldozer working early Saturday morning to push the muddy mixture from the Balboa Pier parking lot back onto the beach. They were also reinforcing a...