Beach towns such as Capitola, where a wharf was torn in half, have borne much of the brunt from California’s recent series of torrential rainstorms
for the past three weeks have caused floods, mudslides, and blackouts across the state, but few communities have felt their power more than ones such as the oceanside village of Capitola, where an 800-foot wharf that serves as its biggest tourist attraction was torn in half.
“We’re used to these storms—the big waves, the swells, the flooding—but this was just heightened,” 45-year-old resident Chad Muller said earlier this week, soon after the Jan. 5 confluence of high tides and giant waves damaged about two dozen homes and businesses.
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