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Storm Hilary – live: California reels from mudslides and flooding as hurricane remnants drench Nevada

Hilary, now downgraded to a post-tropical storm, marches northward, prompting flood watches and warnings in half a dozen states

Josh Marcus,

Stuti Mishra,
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Storm Hilary brought a year’s worth of rain to Death Valley in a single day – the wettest 24 hours on record for the region – as it caused dangerous flooding, major mudslides and toppled trees across California.

Hilary, now downgraded to a post-tropical storm, dumped 2.2 inches over Death Valley on Sunday, which is the average yearly precipitation for the region.

While no fatalities have been reported, dramatic scenes showed rescuers reaching people through roads covered in mud and debris.

In Cathedral City, near Palm Springs, rescuers drove a bulldozer through mud to a swamped care home and rescued 14 residents by scooping them up. In Palm Springs, officials revealed that the storm had fully cut off the area.

After hammering California, Hilary headed northward, prompting flood watches and warnings in half a dozen states.

Nevada experienced its rainiest tropical system in state history with 9.2 inches of rain on Lee Canyon – almost double the last record of 4.36 inches back in 1906.

Forecasters said the threat for flooding in states farther north was highest across much of southeastern Oregon into the west-central mountains of Idaho, with potential thunderstorms and localised torrential rains on Tuesday.
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Dramatic video shows storm Hilary flooding Los Angeles Dodgers baseball stadium

Aerial footage over Los Angeles has revealed the devastation wrought by Hurricane Hilary– the first tropical storm to strike Los Angeles since 1939.

Footage taken from a helicopter flying over the city shows the stadium for the LA Dodgers baseball team surrounded by water while the field inside is seemingly still spared from the floodwaters.

The footage was posted by the account dodgeraerial on Instagram and subsequently shared on other platforms.

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Dramatic video shows storm Hilary flooding Los Angeles Dodgers baseball stadium

‘This is actually the first time that tropical storm watches have been issued on the West Coast of the United States,’ meteorologist says
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Tropical Storm Hilary moves into Southern California on satellite footage

Satellite footage shows the moment Tropical Storm Hilary moved into the southwest of the United States on Sunday, 20 August.

“Life-threatening” floods have hammered California after Hilary - the first tropical storm to hit the state since 1997 - made its way up the West Coast.

Officials have warned Los Angeles and San Diego to shelter away from the flooding in a tropical storm warning.
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Lightning dances across San Diego sky as Tropical Storm Hilary approaches

Footage posted to social media shows rapid lightning strikes hitting as Tropical Storm Hilary approaches California.

The clip posted to San Diego.

Southern California faced its its first tropical storm in 84 years, with the threat of flooding, blackouts, high winds and tornadoes.

Millions of Americans were under flood and high-wind warnings as the storm moved north, unleashing heavy rains from the California-Mexico border to Las Vegas and beyond.
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Tropical Storm Hilary crumbles road in California as heavy rain hits state

Part of a road in Santa Clarita, California, collapsed into storm water after Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall in the state on Sunday, 20 August.

Santa Clarita City officials posted footage on Twitter/X showing part of the concrete crumbling as water gushes.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, and Glendale until at least 3am on Monday.

Residents were urged to move to higher ground immediately and to avoid walking or driving through floodwaters.
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How a mix of natural and human-caused caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary's soggy mess

A natural El Nino, human-caused climate crisis, a stubborn heat dome over the nation’s midsection and other factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary’s record-breaking slosh into California and Nevada, scientists figure.

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How a mix of natural and human-caused caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary's soggy mess

Scientists figure a natural El Nino, human-caused climate change, a stubborn heat dome over the nation’s midsection and other factors cooked up Hilary’s record-breaking slosh into California and Nevada
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Tropical Storm Hilary’s path brings much-needed rain over deadly Washington wildfires

From the collision of deadly, climate-driven disasters in the United States emerged a small sliver of good fortune on Monday, writes Louise Boyle.

Tropical Story Hillary, which has deluged Mexico, California and Nevada, is now bringing much-needed rain over the wildfires raging in Washington state as the system moves north.

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Tropical Storm Hilary’s path brings much-needed rain over deadly Washington wildfires

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Mapped: The path of Tropical Storm Hilary bringing heavy rain and floods to California, Nevada and Mexico

Tropical Storm Hilary is expected to drive north through southern California into Nevada over the course of Monday having already brought heavy rain and flooding to the desert region, forcing rescuers to pull several people from swollen rivers.

Although Hilary has weakened from hurricane status, millions expect more flooding and mudslides to come.

The Pacific front had drifted north along the coast of Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninsula before it made landfall on Sunday in a sparsely populated area about 150 miles south of Ensenada.

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Mapped: The path of Tropical Storm Hilary

No longer hurricane-strength, weather front nevertheless expected to bring more torrential downpours, flooding and mudslides as it progresses inland in a northerly direction
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Storm Hilary brings a year's worth of rain for Death Valley

Death Valley in California, known for its extremely hot temperatures, saw its "wettest day on record in 112 years" on Sunday, according to data shared by Weather Channel senior meteorologist Jonathan Erdman on Twitter.

Tropical storm Hilary dumped 2.2 inches of rain over Death Valley on Sunday, which also happens to be the average yearly precipitation for the region.

Like the rest of California, Death Valley was also under threat of flooding with the national park remaining close as mud and debris cut off roads.
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Video: Crews work to clear mud and debris from California roads after Storm Hilary
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Rescuers drive bulldozer through mud to reach senior citizens stuck in care home

In a dramatic scene, rescue officials in the desert community of Cathedral City, near Palm Springs, drove a bulldozer through mud to a swamped care home and rescued 14 residents by scooping them up and carrying them to safety, fire chief Michael Contreras said.

They were among 46 rescues the city performed between late on Sunday night and the next afternoon from mud and water standing up to 5 feet (1.5 metres.)

“We were able to put the patients into the scoop. It’s not something that I’ve ever done in my 34 years as a firefighter, but disasters like this really cause us to have to look at those means of rescue that aren’t in the book and that we don’t do everyday,” he said at a news conference.

Cathedral city fire department rescues residents in a bulldozer following heavy rains from tropical storm Hilary in Cathedral City, California