With heavy rainfall expected, officials are advising Los Angeles County beachgoers to stay out of the water on Thursday due ...

If you receive an evacuation order for a hurricane storm surge, it is a good idea to get out sooner ... and High Water Mark The storm surge is how high above current sea level the ocean water ...

Which leaves an intriguing question: why aren't they scooping up water from the nearby Pacific Ocean? As Patrick Megonigal ... water is extremely hard to come by. That's because many local ...

The real health risk is if you come in contact with ocean water close ... especially after a storm,” Damery said. How long should you stay out of the water? After a rain advisory is issued ...

Officials urge the public to avoid water contact, especially near discharging storm drains, creeks and rivers as stormwater runoff may be contaminated with bacteria and chemicals, and contain wildfire ...

If bacteria is present, people who come ... in ocean waters for various reasons. Beach water gets contaminated when contaminants and pollution from city streets enters into storm drains, creeks ...

“What is changing is the amount of natural carbon that stays in the water. During strong storm ... in the coming spring and summer. Human caused-climate change exacerbates ocean acidification ...