Stunning beachfront home starts to crumble into the ocean as California is battered by yet another storm

A pricey beachfront home on California ’s coast has begun collapsing into the ocean as monster waves whipped up by Hurricane Rachel tore away nearly 30 feet of the boardwalk. The powerful waves crashed into the Long Beach Peninsula boardwalk around 9am Friday, putting a stretch of homes worth between $1 million and $7 million at risk of being swallowed by the sea. Chilling footage showed towering swells crashing against a home in the 6500 block of Seaside Walk, reaching its second-story windows as sections of the building and broken pieces of boardwalk drifted into the ocean. Other images showed floodwaters engulfing nearby side streets and patios, pouring into homes and properties left badly damaged. 'This is easily the most damage I have seen over the past couple of weeks,' said KTLA's Rich Prickett, whose crew captured the destruction from a helicopter overhead. 'Now the entire boardwalk is just starting to shred away, and now some of these homes are being impacted even more severely,' he added. 'As you’re seeing this house right here that’s starting to crumble as that erosion just continues underneath the house.' With residents standing in shin-deep floodwaters, crews rushed to the usually lush area Friday to investigate water intrusion, pump water off streets and shore up the exposed section with roughly 1,000 sandbags. A beachfront home on California’s coast began collapsing into the ocean as monster waves whipped up by Hurricane Rachel tore away nearly 30 feet of the boardwalk Friday morning The powerful waves crashed into the Long Beach Peninsula boardwalk around 9am, putting nearby homes worth between $1 million and $7 million at risk of being swallowed by the sea Chilling footage showed towering swells crashing against a home in the 6500 block of Seaside Walk, reaching its second-story windows as sections of the building drifted into the ocean Floodwaters also damaged nearby side streets and patios From a helicopter, KTLA News' Rich Prickett said: 'This is easily the most damage I have seen over the past couple of weeks' With residents standing in shin-deep floodwaters, crews rushed to the usually lush area Friday to investigate water intrusion City inspectors blamed the damage on powerful surf and high tides that chewed away at the shoreline, ripping apart a wooden wall that served as the last line of defense against the waves, according to Long Beach Post News. Officials also said waves from Hurricane Marie stripped away the sand protecting a large section of the bulkhead, which sustained severe damage over the past day. The resulting gap allowed water to pour into nearby homes and side streets. Two homes, including the one that appeared to be on the verge of collapse, were red-tagged, meaning they were deemed unsafe to enter. No one was displaced by the damage, city spokesperson Craig Nakano told the outlet, explaining that one home was under construction while the other was confirmed to be vacant. A third property was yellow-tagged, allowing the owner to briefly enter the home to retrieve belongings, though Nakano said the resident had already found another place to stay. The tags, however, are not necessarily permanent. A red tag can be downgraded to yellow once repairs are made and inspectors approve the property, with inspections set to continue twice daily. Officials are continuing to assess the threat and determine whether evacuation orders will be necessary as another round of severe weather looms. 'We’re taking a look, especially with that tide and that flow coming in,' Long Beach Fire Department spokesperson Melanie Miller said, according to KTLA. City inspectors blamed the damage on powerful surf and high tides that chewed away at the shoreline, ripping apart a wooden wall that served as the last line of defense Officials also said waves from Hurricane Marie stripped away the sand protecting a large section of the bulkhead, which sustained severe damage over the past day Two homes, including the one that appeared to be on the verge of collapse, were red-tagged, meaning they were deemed unsafe to enter Pictured: residents taking belongings out of homes Pictured: Officials pump water off streets and shore up the exposed section with roughly 1,000 sandbags The threat is far from over, with residents now preparing for a storm surge of about seven feet on Monday, according to the National Weather Service 'Taking a look at what type of water intrusion, and really just assessing those damages and having our command staff figure out that next move,' she added. The threat is far from over, with residents now preparing for a storm surge of about seven feet on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. 'Sunday night into Monday, we’re going to see even stronger waves coming in,' meteorologist Henry DiCarlo said, according to KTLA. 'We have the swells from Rachel, we have the high tide, and then we’re getting that Kelvin wave that we talk about. What will make it worse is that Sunday into Monday you have all three of those ingredients again, but we’re going to add a fourth,' he added. 'We’re going to get an area of low pressure that’s tracking from northern California. That is going to increase the wind.'