According to The Guardian, coastal communities across California were preparing for days of flooding as potentially "record-breaking tides" were forecast for the week, and water levels began rising on Monday. The Guardian published an aerial video showing flooding along the coast.
CBS News reported that damaging floods continued to hit the Southern California coastline on Tuesday. Its report said unusually high tides flooded the streets of Los Angeles, and that residents in Orange County's Newport Beach reported seawater rising more than 8 feet. The report, whose headline attributed the flooding to king tides, said the high water caused damage to homes. Carter Evans reported the story for CBS News.
The two summaries differ in timing and scope. The Guardian described flooding that was forecast over several days, while CBS News described flooding already under way on Tuesday in Southern California. Neither summary gives a figure for how many homes were damaged, how high water rose in Los Angeles, or whether the forecast tides were measured. The Guardian's summary does not name the Southern California locations that CBS News cited.
Both pieces are short video reports, and neither summary identifies an official source for the tide levels or flooding conditions. Further details are not available in the summaries reviewed for this story.
Sources: The Guardian: Aerial video shows California flooding amid ‘record-breaking tides’ - video; CBS News: King tides cause flooding, damage to Southern California homes.