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Intense waves and floods batter California waterfront homes and boardwalks

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Boardwalk destroyed in Long Beach and homes damaged, while Baja California in Mexico and Las Vegas also affected Southern California coastal communities are picking up the pieces after a weekend of extreme weather brought flooding that overtook city streets and intense waves battered beachside homes. The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel hit Mexico ’s Baja California over the weekend as well as southern California and Las Vegas. While meteorologists noted that Rachel weakened into a post-tropical cyclone as it approached California, it still left a trail of destruction. Continue reading...

Directly affected

  • SO SOUTHERN CO

    The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the summary; GA resolved that company to SO.

  • SOMN SOUTHERN CO

    The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the summary; GA resolved that company to SOMN.

Indirectly affected

  • SPY SPDR S&P 500

    The broad U.S. stock market

  • TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond

    Long-term U.S. government bonds

  • QQQ Invesco QQQ

    Large technology stocks

  • GLD SPDR Gold Shares

    Gold can move with the broad market

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
SO-3.03%-2.20%—+1.44%+1.21%+3.48%+1.32%
SOMN-1.38%-0.71%—+1.29%+1.57%+3.73%+1.71%
SPY-0.11%+0.06%—-1.08%-0.80%-1.89%-1.47%
TLT———————
QQQ+1.90%+1.02%—-1.97%-2.08%-4.55%-3.41%
GLD-1.52%+0.77%—-1.49%+0.27%+0.10%-0.52%

Boardwalk destroyed in Long Beach and homes damaged, while Baja California in Mexico and Las Vegas also affected Southern California coastal communities are picking up the pieces after a weekend of extreme weather brought flooding that ove…

Source: The Guardian

Southern (SO) since this story, compared with the market

Since the first closing price after “Intense waves and floods batter California waterfront homes and boardwalks,” Southern (SO) is +0.11%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.67% over the same days, a +0.78% difference versus the market.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
GLDthat day-1.49%final price
GLDthe next day+0.27%final price
GLDtwo days later+0.10%final price
GLDthree days later-0.52%final price
GLDthree days earlier+0.77%final price
GLDfive days earlier-1.52%final price
QQQthat day-1.97%final price
QQQthe next day-2.08%final price
QQQtwo days later-4.55%final price
QQQthree days later-3.41%final price
QQQthree days earlier+1.02%final price
QQQfive days earlier+1.90%final price
Southern (SO)that day+1.44%final price
Southern (SO)the next day+1.21%final price
Southern (SO)two days later+3.48%final price
Southern (SO)three days later+1.32%final price
Southern (SO)three days earlier-2.20%final price
Southern (SO)five days earlier-3.03%final price
Southern (SOMN)that day+1.29%final price
Southern (SOMN)the next day+1.57%final price
Southern (SOMN)two days later+3.73%final price
Southern (SOMN)three days later+1.71%final price
Southern (SOMN)three days earlier-0.71%final price
Southern (SOMN)five days earlier-1.38%final price
SPYthat day-1.08%final price
SPYthe next day-0.80%final price
SPYtwo days later-1.89%final price
SPYthree days later-1.47%final price
SPYthree days earlier+0.06%final price
SPYfive days earlier-0.11%final price
SO
SPY

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Companies tied to this story

  • SO Southern

    In “Intense waves and floods batter California waterfront homes and boardwalks,” Southern (SO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the summary; GA resolved that company to SO

  • SOMN Southern

    For “Intense waves and floods batter California waterfront homes and boardwalks,” Southern (SOMN) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the summary; GA resolved that company to SOMN

This story

“Intense waves and floods batter California waterfront homes and boardwalks” (14 Oct 2026) reaches Southern (SO) through this story.

For Southern (SO), the reason on file says The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the summary; GA resolved that company to SO

A second company, Southern (SOMN), is listed for a different reason: The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the summary; GA resolved that company to SOMN

Dates in the story, and the Southern (SO) price range

SO traded between 81.76 and 91.22 across 17 sessions. The latest close on file is 89.27. SOMN traded between 44.82 and 48.24 across 8 sessions. The latest close on file is 47.41.

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31 out of 100

“Intense waves and floods batter California waterfront homes and boardwalks” scores 31 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, a +2.01% difference versus the S&P 500 (SPY), and 2 linked companies.