Long Beach
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| Population | 469,450 (2017) |
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| 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). |
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| 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
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... 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
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... 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...
Hurricane Hilary: Category 4 hurricane approaches California
By Brandon DrenonBBC News, Washington
A rapidly intensifying hurricane with 145mph (233km/h) wind speed is headed toward the US South West.
The Category 4 hurricane, named Hurricane Hilary, is predicted to first make landfall in Baja California , a Mexican state, on Saturday Morning .
Forecasters say it will then lose wind speed and become a tropical storm, tracking north-west toward Southern California , Nevada, Arizona and Utah.
It would be The First tropical storm to hit California in over 80 years.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said the potential for Heavy Rain , ranging from 3-6in (7-15cm) in some areas, and up to 10in in others, could lead to " significant and rare" impacts for parts of Southern California and southern Nevada.
In San Diego , the NWS has issued A Warning for the " high potential" of flash flooding.
Nearly 26 million people in the US South West are under Flood Watch .
As of Friday morning, the centre of The Hurricane was located roughly 400 miles (643km) south of Mexico's southern edge.
However, the NWS advisory on Friday morning said wind speeds have " rapidly intensified by a remarkable" 74mph over The Last 24 hours.
The Storm 's conditions in the US are predicted to peak on Sunday and Monday, the NWS said.
It is " exceedingly rare" for a tropical storm to come off The Ocean and make landfall in California, Stefanie Sullivan, a forecaster with The National Weather Service in San Diego , told The New York Times.
The Last time a tropical storm made landfall in Southern California was in Long Beach in 1939.
Experts say the severe and 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
