Some of the logs appeared to be 40 feet long.
During a break from a series of powerful storms of rain and high winds hitting California's Central Coast, locals enjoy the massive amount of storm debris and uniquely good surfing on Main Beach in Santa Cruz on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.most iconic destinations looked unrecognizable this week after a series of unrelenting storms delivered a vicious mix of rain and wind that knocked over trees and caused widespread flooding.
Swaths of driftwood up to 40 feet long washed up on the beach near the famous Santa Cruz boardwalk, creating a “forest of driftwood,” footage from KCBS anchor Kris Ankarlo showed. Massive redwood trees also floated down the San Lorenzo River, the 29-mile-long waterway that passes through Santa Cruz and feeds into the Monterey Bay near Seabright Beach and Santa Cruz Beach. When it flooded on Jan.
residents in their homes and turning streets into muddy rivers, footage captured some of the logs rapidly floating down the waterway.
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