A major storm has pounded California’s central coast bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean.

A man died on a Santa Cruz beach Monday after being pinned under debris washed up by a large wave, authorities said. Another man has been reported missing.

One person is dead and at least one other is missing after large waves hammered the California coastline Monday amid a high surf warning. First responders were called to Sunset State Beach, a state park in Watsonville,