Several boats appeared to be heavily damaged despite owners' attempts to secure their vessels before and during the event.

Giant debris from the Santa Cruz Wharf collapse ... Much of the wharf debris was channeled into the harbor as well, which significantly added to the damage to boats and harbor infrastructure.

The clean-up effort along the Santa Cruz ... boats. Officials said the damage was comparable to what happened during the 2011 tsunami. While much attention has been focused on the dramatic wharf ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz was still reeling the day after a large section at the end of the city’s 110-year-old wharf collapsed into the sea under the pressure of a pounding ocean swell that ...

A part of the Santa Cruz Wharf ... their boats or other devices out in the water." The mayor said city personnel were "assessing...the structural integrity of the wharf" given the incoming storm ...

According to reports, two people were rescued by a lifeguard unit and a third swam to safety amid the collapse. Drone video showed the end of the wharf floating away in the ocean. Officials say ...

RELATED: Why Santa Cruz Harbor was ... Much of the wharf debris was channeled into the harbor as well, which significantly added to the damage to boats and harbor infrastructure.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - An atmospheric river event that generated storm systems along the West Coast caused the partial collapse of Santa Cruz’s wharf and damaged several boats as a surge of water ...