Tropical Storm Hilary live updates: California hit with flooding, mudslides, earthquake - The Washington Post

Tropical Storm Hilary live updates: California hit with flooding, mudslides - The Washington Post

Tropical Storm Hilary is deluging Southern California, with much of the damage expected to become clear at daybreak Monday. Hilary is likely to bring “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding” to portions of the Southwestern United States and the Baja California region in Mexico through Monday, the National Hurricane Center warned. Tens of millions of people were under a tropical storm warning, the first of its kind issued for Southern California. Heavy rainfall and flooding are expected in parts of Arizona and Nevada.

Here’s what to know

- The storm is moving northeast from landfall in Southern California, and is forecast to reach Nevada early Monday, the NHC said in an advisory late Sunday local time. “A brief tornado or two will be possible” in southeastern California, northwest Arizona, southern Nevada and southwestern Utah, the NHC said.
- Much of Southern California was under a tropical storm warning, from the border with Mexico up to Point Mugu, up the coast from Malibu. Catalina Island, a popular tourist destination, was also under the warning.
- A man was killed Sunday in Mexico’s Baja California Sur, authorities said, after water swept away his car.
- A magnitude-5.1 earthquake shook parts of Southern California on Sunday afternoon, triggering an emergency mobile alert to residents in Los Angeles County and surrounding areas. The National Weather Service said a tsunami was not expected.

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