{"id":"87cc4843-2fa8-4473-a212-666ac085e7af","url":"https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/powerful-kelvin-wave-triggered-by-super-el-nino-threatens-to-raise-sea-levels-off-the-california-coast-for-months","domain":"livescience.com","outlet":{"name":"Live Science","country":"US","cred":3,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Powerful 'Kelvin wave' triggered by super El Niño threatens to raise sea levels off the California coast for months","plainHeadline":"Kelvin wave from super El Niño could raise California sea levels","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["A powerful internal Kelvin wave, triggered by this year's super El Niño, is moving up the Pacific coast.","Researchers warn it could raise California sea levels by up to 1 foot (30 centimeters) for months.","The wave may amplify damage from storms, surges, flooding and coastal erosion this winter.","Tides plus the Kelvin wave could distort normal tides, increasing high and low tides.","California Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency to mobilize resources ahead of storms."],"topics":["Climate","Environment","Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-30T16:10:59.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-30T17:19:53.653Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/a07737c8-2d36-4bc4-bfc5-66f963322266","storyId":"a07737c8-2d36-4bc4-bfc5-66f963322266","image":"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fBqgcnCuoprJaRW6wFttXC-1920-80.jpg","author":"Sascha Pare","dek":"A disturbance characterized by above-normal sea levels is spreading up the Pacific coast of Central and North America, and it could make the damage from predicted storms this winter much worse."}