Flooding Reported In Orange County Coastal Town Thursday Morning

SEAL BEACH, CA — High surf has saturated parking lots and neighborhood streets in Seal Beach, and public works crews were hard at work to contain the flooding Thursday morning.

Television footage captured by Fox 11 showed a car practically submerged in water at the Seal Beach Municipal Pier Wednesday evening.

As of 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning, the Seal Beach Police Department reported that flooding affected 10th Street south to 12th Street in the city's Old Town.

According to the department, the flooding was caused by a strong southern swell and high tide Wednesday night and led to flooding in beach lots and along the boardwalk.

"Seal Beach Marine Safety and Public Works are hard at work monitoring the situation as well as creating an emergency berm to prevent more water from cresting the sand tonight," Seal Beach Lt. Julia Clasby told Patch.

The National Weather Service issued a beach hazard for most of Southern California's coastline including Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura county beaches.

The hazard is expected to last throughout Thursday, as another high tide is expected at around 9 p.m.

Residents who live in the area were urged to pick up complimentary sandbag-filling kits in the 8th Street beach lot.