Although the storm has lost most of its power before landfall it still delivered devastating amounts of rain.
Satellites watched weakening tropical storm Hilary bring a deluge to California hours after a series of earthquakes shook a region north of Los Angeles.
The"hurriquake," as the coincidence of the two natural disasters has since been nicknamed, fortunately caused less damage than some initially predicted. Hilary, which had grown into a monstrous late last week, lost most of its strength before making landfall over Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile, the earthquake was a mild 5.1 magnitude event that caused no reported damage. , and continued disintegrating as it moved northward toward California. But despite the loss of windforce, the storm still brought record-breaking amounts of rain to the region, triggering devastating flash floods.
By Monday morning, Hilary further weakened into a post-tropical cyclone, but weather warnings remained in place across southern parts of the U.S. states of Nevada and California. "Post-Tropical Hilary is expected to produce additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches [5 to 10 cm], with isolated storm total amounts up to 12 inches [30 cm], across portions of Southern California and Southern Nevada through today," the U.S. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration said
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