Rogue wave hits California, flooding streets and sweeping people off their feet in Ventura

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VENTURA, Calif. -- Massive surf is bringing information and demolition to California's coast.

Large waves pounded Southern California's shores connected Thursday, starring to flooding connected coastal communities and aggregate rescues by lifeguards.

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Streets on Ventura's formation communities were coping with respective feet of water, leaving aggregate vehicles stranded. Lifeguards had to execute aggregate rescues, successful astir cases of radical who had gathered to ticker the large waves from the soil but were caught up unexpectedly successful them, sweeping them disconnected their feet.

One video showed bystanders pulling a lifeguard retired of the h2o with his arms aft helium seemingly became exhausted trying to combat the almighty tow.

Another video showed a monolithic rogue question breaching a debased partition successful Ventura, sending onlookers fleeing and sweeping up respective of them successful water. Officials accidental 8 radical were treated astatine section hospitals for injuries.

Rogue question sends radical fleeing on Ventura shoreline

In different video, a antheral went paddleboarding with his girl on a flooded street.

People who unrecorded successful affected communities can't callback seeing waves this size, astatine slightest successful the caller past.

"The waves were big," said Ventura nonmigratory Brian Scott. "I mean, I'm a h2o guy. I sail, scuba dive. These were 15+ ft waves this greeting astatine precocious tide. Never seen that. We've been present for 10 years."

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A precocious surf advisory went into effect astatine 4 a.m. Thursday and volition past done 10 p.m. Saturday.

The National Weather Service says immoderate section areas could spot waves up to 15 feet high. The Ventura County coast, and Hermosa, Manhattan and Palos Verdes beaches are expected to spot the astir important impacts.

The state's cardinal seashore is besides expected to beryllium deed hard.

Several cars were seen stuck connected a flooded thoroughfare adjacent the beach. Lifeguards were informing radical who had gathered to ticker the large waves that they needed to determination farther backmost from the water.

In Oxnard, streets adjacent the formation were likewise flooded and respective cars were trapped arsenic well. All Oxnard nationalist beaches are closed Friday done Sunday owed to the precocious surf advisory.

Officials accidental flooding is imaginable successful immoderate low-lying areas.

In Newport Beach, residents were warned astir the conditions and soil berms were replenished.

City officials said crews would beryllium monitoring h2o levels and volition pump h2o retired if needed.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles County beachgoers are urged to talk with lifeguards earlier going into the water.

Despite the advisory, galore surfers turned retired astatine Seal Beach acceptable to drawback immoderate waves aboriginal Thursday morning.

"Seal Beach is benignant of similar a stadium. Everyone like's to travel here. It's a easy, makeable wave... and everyone loves to beryllium pumped to beryllium here," said Jeff Brockman.