Forecasters say the storm is expected to enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit southern California in 84 years.
Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall along Mexico’s Baja California coast on Sunday, no longer a hurricane but still packing what forecasters called “life-threatening” rain likely to unleash flooding across a broad region of the western US.
“Rainfall flooding has been the biggest killer in tropical storms and hurricanes in the United States in the past 10 years and you don’t want to become a statistic,” Mr Brennan said in an online briefing from Miami. Mr Brennan said rainfall could reach between three and six inches in many areas, with some higher amounts in isolated spots. Forecasters warned it could dump up to 10 inches — a year’s worth of rain for some areas.California governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has officials inside California’s emergency preparedness office and teams on standby with food, water and other help.
Power lines were toppled in many places, and emergency personnel were working to restore power and reach those cut off by the storm.In California, evacuation warnings were issued for Santa Catalina Island, urging residents and beachgoers to leave the tourist destination for the mainland, and for several mountain and foothill communities in San Bernardino County. Orange County sent an alert for anyone living in a wildfire burn scar in the Santa Ana Mountains’ Silverado and Williams canyons.
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