Extremely high tides flooded long stretches of the California coast this week, setting records in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Fox Weather reports. Streets turned into canals in places from San Francisco south to San Diego, the outlet says.

Water levels at the Port of Los Angeles topped 2.5 feet above normally dry ground for three days in a row, Fox Weather reports. They reached 2.70 feet on Tuesday. San Francisco hit an October record of 2.01 feet the same day, the outlet says, citing the FOX Forecast Center.

Huntington Beach was hit hard. City officials said 114 homes and other structures along the coast were damaged by the tides and flooding, the Los Angeles Times reports. Six homes were yellow-tagged, which limits entry for safety reasons. One building caught fire after salt water damaged a lithium-ion battery, the Times says.

Much of the damage was in Sunset Beach and Huntington Harbour, the Times reports. Parts of Pacific Coast Highway were closed. In Long Beach, fire officials worried about damage to buildings moved people out of about 20 homes on the Long Beach Peninsula, the paper says. Newport Beach declared a local emergency ahead of the flooding, Fox Weather reports.

The tides are known as king tides, which come near a new or full moon. Fox Weather says a strengthening El Niño can also push sea levels higher along the West Coast by 6 to 12 inches.

The tides eased by Friday, the Times reports. But Huntington Beach warned that "tides in late November could be even higher than this week's." The city urged people in low-lying areas to get sandbags and review their emergency plans.

What we know: Record tides flooded the California coast this week and damaged 114 structures in Huntington Beach.
What we don't: How much the repairs will cost, or how high next month's tides will reach.