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.
After pounding Southern California and other parts of the southwest, Hilary turned its attention to Nevada.
The storm has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone, but is still bringing life-threatening flooding and gusty winds to much of the southwest.
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.
Palm Springs usually sees just 4.85 inches of rain a year. Hilary, however, dropped a whopping 3.18 inches of rain by Sunday evening.
Hilary has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone that's still threatening deadly flooding and powerful gusts across parts of the West as it's turned streets into raging rivers, forced some residents to flee and left others in need of rescue.
It is extremely rare for California to be hit with tropical storms or hurricanes — but it has happened before.
Some people are adjusting plans to avoid the rain as Hurricane Hilary heads up to California.
This weekend, all eyes turn to Hurricane Hilary as it aims for southern California by Sunday. It will weaken as it moves further north, but as it reaches northern California, we will still see some impacts.
This weekend all eyes turn to Hurricane Hilary as it aims for southern California by Sunday.
All eyes are on Hurricane Hilary and its possible impacts on Northern and Southern California
By the time of the remnants of Hurricane Hilary reach the Sacramento area, we could see up to .25" of rain in the valley.
