Tropical Storm Hilary has packed quite a punch in Riverside County today, dumping heavy rain over a vast area and causing severe flooding in parts of the Coachella Valley.
Nearby Palm Desert also reported an array of road closures due to flooding. A stretch of Interstate 10 was closed in both directions in the area Sunday evening due to flooding.
Hilary weakened from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm early Sunday, and it made landfall near San Diego late Sunday afternoon. The NWS warned of"potentially historic amounts of rainfall" that was"expected to cause life-threatening to locally catastrophic flash, urban and arroyo flooding including landslides, mudslides, and debris flows through early Monday morning."
An evacuation order was issued on Sunday around 9 a.m. for the Mias zone in the Apple/El Dorado burn scar, north of Banning and near the Morongo All College of the Desert sites in Palm Desert will be closed Monday due to the storm. The college announced on social media that"Tropical Storm Hilary has flooded the area, including some campus facilities."
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a State of Emergency for much of Southern California to support the Hilary response and recovery efforts as the state continues mobilizing and coordinating resources ahead of the storm's forecasted impacts.
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