Tropical Storm Hilary deluged arid parts of Mexico and then drenched Southern California from the coast to the desert resort city of Palm Springs and inland mountains, forcing rescuers to pull several people from swollen rivers.
Hilary weakened to a post-tropical storm early Monday as it left behind drenched Southern California and moved into Nevada. Some Southern California schools canceled in-person classes because of storm-related safety concerns.
The storm first made landfall in Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninsula on Sunday in a sparsely populated area about 150 miles south of Ensenada. One person drowned. It then moved through mudslide-prone Tijuana.
The first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, Hilary dropped more than half an average year’s worth of rain on some areas, including the desert resort city of Palm Springs.
An aerial image shows a debris flow following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary, at Thurderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on August 21, 2023. (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Traffic is slowed as water and mud from Tropical Storm Hilary covers part of Interstate 10, between Indio and Palm Springs, California, on August 21, 2023. (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
A man on his morning jog runs past a fallen tree resulting from Hurricane Hilary rainfall on August 21, 2023 in San Diego, California, where the center of the storm arrived sooner than expected and moved on further north towards Palm Springs. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
An aerial image shows a man surveying debris following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary, at Thurderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on August 21, 2023. (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
A large eucalyptus tree branch rests on cars after falling overnight as tropical storm Hilary moved through the area on August 21, 2023 in Sun Valley, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A tow truck driver attempts to pull a stranded car out of floodwaters on the Golden State Freeway as tropical storm Hilary moves through the area on August 20, 2023 in Sun Valley, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A car is partially submerged in floodwaters as Tropical Storm Hilary moves through the area on August 20, 2023 in Cathedral City, California. Southern California is under a first-ever tropical storm warning as Hilary impacts parts of California, Arizona and Nevada. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A cyclist and pedestrians cross a flooded street in Imperial Beach, California on August 20, 2023. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Surfers and beach goers watch the waves from broken sand berms in Long Beach, California, on August 20, 2023, ahead of heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary. (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
A beach goer watches the waves from the shore in Long Beach, California, on August 20, 2023. (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
Patrick Brown holds his umbrella as he makes his way across a flooded intersection in Imperial Beach, California on August 20, 2023. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Motorists leave their vehicle stuck on a flooded road during heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary in Palm Springs, California, on August 20, 2023. (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
A man stands near floodwater as he prepares to cross an intersection as Tropical Storm Hilary heads north near Palm Springs, California, on August 20, 2023. (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
A city employee retrieves a propane tank from a flooded bridge as tropical storm Hilary makes landfall in Rancho Mirage, California on August, 20, 2023. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)Contributing: Associated Press, Southern California News Group
