Long Beach
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Population | 469,450 (2017) |
|---|---|
| Area code | 562 |
| Mayor | Robert Garcia |
| Local time | Sunday 7:00 AM |
| Weather | 9°C, Wind NE at 1 m/s, 79% Humidity |
| Colleges and universities | California State University Long Beach |
| Did you know | Long Beach is the seventh-most-populous city in California (474,140). |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 568493 |
About Long Beach
Long Beach is a coastal city and port in Southern California. Moored in its Queensway Bay, RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner and museum ship. The waterfront Aquarium of the Pacific features touch tanks and a shark lagoon. Modern and contemporary works are on display at the Museum of Latin American Art. Rancho Los Cerritos is a 19th-century adobe home and museum set in expansive gardens.
The old Scottish pub that found a new life in California
... " From the industrial streets of 1970s Glasgow, Mitchell shipped the entire pub interior in a 40ft container to the sunshine of Long Beach, California...
Flooding from Storm Hilary cuts off Palm Springs in California
... The last time a tropical storm made landfall in Southern California was in Long Beach in 1939...
California braces for arrival of Hurricane Hilary
... But the last time a tropical storm made landfall in southern California was in Long Beach in 1939...
Hurricane Hilary: Category 4 hurricane approaches California
... The last time a tropical storm made landfall in southern California was in Long Beach in 1939...
UK space launch: Dislodged fuel filter blamed for rocket failure
... Virgin Orbit is headquartered in Long Beach, California, but was founded by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson...
UK rocket failure is a setback, not roadblock
... The Virgin Orbit factory in Long Beach, California, has rockets being produced on a production line...
UK space launch: Historic Cornwall rocket mission set to blast off
... " To date, Virgin Orbit, which is based in Long Beach, California, has carried out four straight successful rocket launches over the Pacific Ocean...
'It was magical' - meet the first disabled crew to fly in zero-gravity
... In October, the Mission Astro Access crew travelled to Long Beach, California and boarded a Boeing 727 for a parabolic flight...
California braces for arrival of Hurricane Hilary
The US state of California is bracing itself for Hurricane Hilary, which is already bringing fierce winds and flooding to Mexico's Pacific coast.
It is lashing The Mexican state of Baja California with winds of up to 85 mph (140km/h). Hilary is then expected to lose speed as it moves north.
It is predicted to reach Southern California as a tropical storm, The First to reach that state in 84 years.
There are warnings of " catastrophic" floods in both countries.
One Man died in Baja California Sur state while attempting to cross a stream, Mexican officials said.
The Mexican government has placed 18,000 soldiers on standby to assist in rescue efforts. Nearly 26 million people in the south-western US are under Flood Watch .
Hilary was downgraded to a Category 1 storm after weakening on Saturday, but officials kept up their warnings.
In its first-ever tropical storm alert for California, The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said " life-threatening flooding" was likely in Baja California and the US south-west.
Nancy Ward , director of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, said Hilary could be one of the worst storms to hit The State in More Than a decade.
" Make no mistake, " she told a press conference on Saturday. " This is a very, very dangerous and significant storm. "
Up to 10 in (25cm) of rain is expected in parts of Mexico, California and Nevada, according to the NHC.
There is a risk of tornadoes from mid-morning through Sunday evening in parts of the Colorado River Valley, Mojave Desert and Imperial Valley .
As The Storm approached, Major League Baseball rescheduled three games in Southern California , while SpaceX postponed The Launch of a rocket from its Base On the Central California coast until at least Monday.
The National Park Service also closed Joshua Tree National Park and Mojave National Preserve, both in California, to prevent visitors from being stranded in The Event of flooding.
Hurricanes and tropical storms are somewhat common in Mexico. But The Last time a tropical storm made landfall in Southern California was in Long Beach in 1939.
Experts say the abnormal weather events plaguing the US - and several areas across the Globe - are being influenced by human-caused Climate Change .
In The Wake of the hottest month on record, July 2023, according to Nasa, the deadliest wildfire in modern US history spread across Hawaii on 8 August, killing at least 111 people.
The damage was escalated by hurricane winds Passing Through the area.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
