Crime & Safety

Stretch Of PCH Shut Down Amid Flooding, Heavy Rains In OC

The roughly three-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in north Orange County remained closed Tuesday due to heavy rains.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — A roughly three-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway was closed in north Orange County due to heavy rains Thursday, Caltrans reported.

The closure was reported in the City of Huntington Beach between Seapoint Street to Warner Avenue.

Motorists were urged to find alternate routes.

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The closure comes as heavy rain pounds the region, triggering a mess of flash flood warnings, wind advisories and even an evacuation warning for Orange County residents leaving near the Airport Fire burn scar.

No further information was immediately available.

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