Storm Hilary: Flooding cuts off Palm Springs in California

Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit southern California in 84 years, cut off the desert city of Palm Springs after dumping a year's worth of ra...

August 28, 2023
7:48 AM

Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit southern California in 84 years, cut off the desert city of Palm Springs after dumping a year's worth of rain. Major roads in and out of Palm Springs were temporarily closed on Monday by flooding after it was drenched with 3.18in (8cm) of rain. Rescuers had to save several people there from swollen rivers. Hilary, now a post-tropical cyclone, could still bring flooding to parts of Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. The storm made landfall in the northern part of Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Sunday morning.

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