Hilary Now A Tropical Storm, Threat For Catastrophic Flooding in Southern CA, Southwest Remains
Hilary weakened to a tropical storm as predicted, but the threat for catastrophic flooding and significant impacts to California and Nevada have not changed. Heavy rain is moving into the Southwest U.S. and will continue through the day, into Monday morning.
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Hurricane Hilary_ Why California should fear tropical storms
Accuweather's Jonathan Porter explains the danger a tropical storm or hurricane presents to the U.S. Southwest coast.
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While rain from hurricanes and tropical storms regularly hits the state, the hurricanes themselves do not. A 1939 hurricane, El Cordonazo, came close, but lost strength and became a tropical storm just before landfall near Los Angeles, historical records show. No tropical storm has made landfall since, according to federal weather officials.
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