Tropical Storm Hilary live updates: Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits Southern California
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California prepares for Hurricane Hilary
Hurricane Hilary has now weakened into a tropical storm, according to forecasters, but officials warn that the weather pattern is bringing dangerous conditions to coastal Mexico and the US Southwest.
The remnants of the hurricane made landfall on Sunday in a sparsely populated area about 150 miles norther of Ensenada, Mexico, according to forecasters.
As California began experiencing the worst of the storm on Sunday afternoon, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in Ventura County.
Even before the centre of the storm began passing over land, Mexico’s Baja peninsula was inundated, with flood waters washing layers of earth over towns like Santa Rosalía.
The storm is expected to dissipate on Monday.
Death Valley receives ‘unprecedented’ levels of rain from Hilary
Flash flooding shut down California’s famous Death Valley National Park, as Tropical Storm Hilary brings unusual weather conditions throughout the Southwest.
The National Parks Service said in a statement it received an inch of rain by the middle of Sunday and expected “unprecedented” levels of precipitation overnight, the agency said in a statement to The Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Josh Marcus21 August 2023 01:30
‘It wasn’t the rain that was causing damage but the storm surge’
As California prepares for the worst of Tropical Storm Hilary to arrive, Mexico is beginning to deal with its aftermath.
Dangerous seas caused extensive damage in the remote western edge of Baja California Sur.
“It wasn’t the rain that was causing damage but the storm surge,” Erick Zúñiga Rojas, a local delegate for the Mulegé municipality, told The New York Times. “All the flooding was coming from the ocean.”
Josh Marcus21 August 2023 00:56
Street flooding seen in Sherman Oaks as Hilary arrives in LA
Heavy street flooding has begin in Los Angeles with the arrival of Tropical Storm Hilary.
FOX LA reporter Christine Devine captured footage of emergency vehicles driving through the waters.
Josh Marcus21 August 2023 00:26
Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall, bringing risk of tornadoes and flooding for millions in California
Even before the centre of the storm began passing over land, Mexico’s Baja peninsula was inundated, with flood waters washing layers of earth over towns like Santa Rosalía.
The extreme weather, expected to pass over Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, has claimed at least one fatality already, a man in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur who was swept away in a stream on Saturday as he and his family attempted to cross by car, according to officials from the Mulege township.
More details in our full story.
Josh Marcus20 August 2023 23:40
It’s one disaster after another in Southern California as earthquake hits
The quake was centered in Ventura County, about 4 miles southeast of Ojai, which sits 80 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Follow the latest details in our breaking news story.
Josh Marcus20 August 2023 23:19
Meanwhile in Orange County…
The US Coast Guard is warning of heavy, dangerous surf that will arrive as Tropical Storm Hilary passes over Los Angeles and its surrounding counties.
That didn’t stop surfers in Laguna Beach from grabbing a few more waves, as Andrew Turner of the Daily Pilot captured in this video clip.
Josh Marcus20 August 2023 23:00
PHOTO: California governor signs state of emergency declaration on hood of humvee
As Tropical Storm Hilary barreled towards California, governor Gavin Newsom signed a declaration establishing a State of Emergency for much of Southern California.
He signed the decree on the hood of a National Guard humvee and urged residents to “stay safe and listen to emergency officials.”
Josh Marcus20 August 2023 22:30
Hilary could bring winds of 75 mph to San Diego
Tropical Storm Hilary may be weakening as it heads north, but it still will be a powerful weather system as it travels over California this afternoon.
Josh Marcus20 August 2023 22:00
Nevada city prepares for flooding with sand bags
The city of Henderson, Nevada, is one of many places across the Southwestern US bracing for heavy winds and flooding ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Hilary.
The storm is expected to linger over the US until Monday.
Josh Marcus20 August 2023 21:31
Los Angeles flooding begins before Hilary arrives in city
Los Angeles is already flooding, even though Tropical Storm Hilary isn’t expected to pass over the city until later this afternoon.
NBC Los Angeles reporter Alex Rozier captured a video showed cars and busses struggling through flooded streets on Sunday morning.
Josh Marcus20 August 2023 21:01
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