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Severe Coastal Erosion During an El Niño Storm

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
A highway guardrail's posts hang exposed over a tall, eroded, dropoff to the ocean water.
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Severe bluff erosion, along the southern end of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California, including damage to the guard rail of the Great Highway (Calif. Hwy.1). The severe winter erosion led to lane closures of the highway and an emergency, $5 million revetment along the base of this bluff. This storm damage occurred during the 2009-2010 El Niño, which, on average, eroded the shoreline 55 meters that winter.

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Public Domain.