{"id":133,"date":"2026-10-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2026-10-28T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:00:00","slug":"southern-california-prepares-for-el-nino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/28\/southern-california-prepares-for-el-nino\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California Prepares for El Ni\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/arturo-duran\/family-ready-el-nino-remotion-videos-bd7b\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Strong El Ni\u00f1o years have historically brought heavy rain and higher sea levels to Southern California, though scientists say exact impacts remain hard to pinpoint.<br \/>\nOfficials have prepared flood-control systems, coastal defenses, and extra crews, while stressing that residents should act early instead of waiting for a warning.<br \/>\nStart with trusted emergency alerts, then check hazards affecting your property and daily routes, including flooding, landslides, sea level rise, and postfire debris flows.<br \/>\nA strong family plan includes contacts, hospitals, schools, employers, and an out-of-state contact, plus backup power planning for anyone relying on essential equipment.<br \/>\nAlso map alternate routes, connect with neighbors needing extra help, follow generator safety, and keep pets evacuation-ready with current tags, food, and microchip details.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong El Ni\u00f1o years have historically brought heavy rain and higher sea levels to Southern California, though scientists say exact impacts remain hard to pinpoint. Officials have prepared flood-control systems, coastal defenses, and extra crews, while stressing that residents should act early instead of waiting for a warning. Start with trusted emergency alerts, then check [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}