Emergency repairs begin on Long Beach Peninsula post-Tropical Storm Rachel

Remnants of Rachel are moving out. There are repairs underway along the Long Beach Peninsula. Mario Ramirez is there live with more. Mario. Yeah, that's right. We're just up against some of these beautiful multi-million dollar homes now boarded up. Some of the residents here just down the way have been evacuated because homes, at least some of them, are near collapse. And the big concern here is high tide that comes in around 10:30 this morning. We've been watching the coastline very carefully. some of the waves are already starting to cause a little bit of damage here along the boardwalk spilling the seawater and sand up onto the wood here and take a look these residents just came out this is around the time we start to see them you know walking their dogs coming out here to the boardwalk assessing the damage making sure that no other homes have seen the kind of damage that we've seen over the last couple of weeks take a look it's getting worse 13 homes have now been red tagged after relentless surf here battering the Long Beach Peninsula it's left them unsafe to enter. Families are displaced and today emergency repairs are set to begin on the boardwalk and the seawall near 64th through 66 places. Evacuation orders are still in place in that area. Crews, they're going to have to work around high tides to rebuild parts of the coastal barrier and that price tag now estimated at up to 3.6 million. In the meantime, crews moving in massive amounts of sand to reinforce the shoreline here and with the coastal flood advisory is still in effect. Officials are warning the danger is not over yet. It's been nerve-wracking without a doubt. I mean we've been going for this for about three weeks now so it's tough you know and I'm worried about our look at our neighbors you know I've been fortunate. I mean we're still solid but we're trying to make sure the seawall on the other side there's no holes underground my property. Oh my god it's scary. It's really scary. I think this is probably the highest that We've had it in here. Yeah, it usually doesn't rise that much. And that I am a little concerned. Right in front of our property, I saw that we lost quite a few boards. Now what's happening this morning, crews are continuing to clear storm drains, building up sand berms to protect more homes from being flooded. The mayor outlining a seven-point recovery plan, including assessing structural damage, accelerating major beach replenishment as well, and back out here live, You can see crews bringing in more sand to try and shore up this area. They're expected to begin those emergency boardwalk repairs today, working around low tide. And again, water levels are rising, high tide coming in around 10:40 this morning. Those mandatory evacuation orders remain in place for some homes here. And there is the possibility of coastal flooding this morning. So we'll keep a close eye on it for now. That's the latest here along the Long Beach Peninsula. We'll send it back to you in the studio.