![A body surfer swims through a wave in Seal Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Residents in Southern California coastal areas filled sandbags and built sand berms Tuesday to ward against possible flooding from big and potentially damaging surf spawned by Hurricane Marie off Mexico's Pacific Coast.](http://media.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2014/08/26/Southern_California_S_Gasp_t653.jpg?214bc4f9d9bd7c08c7d0f6599bb3328710e01e7b)
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A body surfer swims through a wave in Seal Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Residents in Southern California coastal areas filled sandbags and built sand berms Tuesday to ward against possible flooding from big and potentially damaging surf spawned by Hurricane Marie off Mexico's Pacific Coast.