Hilary live updates: Southern California cleans up damages from storm
Continual live updates on Hilary and her aftermath from Inland Empire, Orange and Los Angeles Counties
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Continual live updates on Hilary and her aftermath from Inland Empire, Orange and Los Angeles Counties
The storm was hitting the southwestern U.S. and could bring "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding," according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hilary dropped more than half an average year's worth of rain on some areas, including Palm Springs, which saw nearly 3.18 inches of rain by Sunday evening.
Hilary was downgraded a few hours before landfall to a tropical storm as rain from the storm started spreading in Southern California, the National Weather Service said.
A sheriff's deputy had to be rescued by a colleague after their patrol car was caught in rising flood waters.
Tropical Storm Hilary slammed roadways Sunday night into Monday morning with reports of trapped cars and toppled trees all across the Los Angeles metro area.
It is extremely rare for California to be hit with tropical storms or hurricanes — but it has happened before.
