On Monday morning, the southwestern states and Southern California were preparing for Hurricane Hillary’s effects. Due to the storm’s enhanced effects, meteorologists had forecast that there would be flash floods as well as the potential for mudslides and rockfalls. Some floods, according to the National Hurricane Center, could be “life-threatening and locally destructive.”
Before making landfall on Sunday, Hillary had grown from a Category 4 hurricane into a mild tropical storm. On Monday morning, Hillary changed into a subtropical cyclone. After this metamorphosis, it was predicted to slow out during the day, but in western areas of America, torrential rain, considerable flooding, and strong winds are still occurring.
Reports of landslides and soil erosion were reported as the floods, which were already damaging many locations, continued.
In Southern California, Hillary was the first subtropical storm to make landfall in 84 years.
Some dry and mountainous locations received more than half of the typical annual rainfall thanks to it, and by Sunday night, about 3 inches had fallen. The southern region was affected, affecting thousands of people.
Where should floods occur?
Southern California, northern-west Arizona, most of Nevada, southern-west Utah, eastern Oregon, western and central Idaho, and south-eastern Washington are currently being closely monitored for potential floods, according to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center. According to flood monitoring, these places may experience flooding.
In the statement from the center, it was stated that “until Monday, 1 to 3 inches of additional rain is expected in portions of southeastern California and southern Nevada, with total accumulations from various storms reaching up to 12 inches.” Urban floods and persistent flooding are also problems.
In certain areas of Oregon and Idaho, 1 to 5 inches of rain were also predicted to fall until Tuesday morning. Therefore, there could be unexpected, serious, and local flooding, according to the center.
Authorities in Nevada are concerned about potentially dangerous flooding in the western Mojave Desert, where there is a significant possibility of unexpected flooding. It’s a “extremely rare event,” the National Weather Service office in Las Vegas stated on social media on Sunday.
According to CBS News Los Angeles, there has been a lot of rain in Southern California’s counties near Los Angeles. The heaviest rainfall recorded by the National Weather Service Los Angeles office was more than 8.5 inches at Mount Wilson in the Angeles National Forest by 7 AM. Downtown Los Angeles received little under 3 inches, while Beverly Hills received 4.8 inches.
The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for San Bernardino, Riverside, and the surrounding hills, as well as flooding in Ventura County that could be fatal. San Bernardino and Riverside Counties received evacuation orders, and Orange County received advisories.