Pantropic Hilary Storm During the Second Full Day of Juneau Breakdown: State of Emergency, Emergency Evacuation Warning, and Emergency Plans for Southern California

Hilary will become a tropical storm before it reaches southern California, and the wind speed will be between 39 to 73 miles per hour. Along with the winds and the heavy rain, the system will pose a serious threat to the region.

Hilary, which was weakened from a Category 1 to a Category 3 by Sunday, is moving through Mexico near the Baja California peninsula. One person died of drowned in the Mexican town of Santa Rosalia during the storm. Mexico’s hurricane watch has ended, but the Baja California coast is still under threat of flash floods.

As as of 8 a.m. local time on Sunday, the storm was about 220 miles south-southeast of San Diego and traveling at 25 miles per hour. The National Weather Service says it is going to sweep across California by the afternoon.

Portions of California and Nevada are expected to get about 3 to 6 inches of precipitation, but some could get up to 10 inches. Some areas will get more rain in a few hours than they usually get in an entire year. Winds will also be particularly strong and gusty on elevated terrain.

Much of southern California is under its first-ever tropical storm warning, given that the region is most frequented by disasters like wildfires and earthquakes. The last time this strength was felt in southern California was in 1939.

In the middle of the night on Saturday, Gov. Newsom issued a state of emergency for several counties. Some of those communities, like parts of San Bernardino County, have already received evacuation orders.

The Flood Operations Center, Cal Fire and the California National Guard are on standby with water vehicles and water rescue teams amid flood threats. The state urged residents to sign up for their county’s flood and evacuate notices, as well as make sure they have pets and family with them in case of an emergency.

High-speed flash flood warnings for Los Angeles, California, as a continuation of the first post-tropical cyclone in the Sierra Leone area

The first tropical storm to hit the region in nine decades dropped as much as 7 inches of rainwater in some mountain regions and up to 4 inches in lower lying areas.

Early Monday, officials reclassified the storm as a post-tropical cyclone. The center of the storm is expected to travel north through Nevada today. The wind gusts were up to 75 miles per hour in Las Vegas. Flash flood warnings will remain in effect there until 6:30 a.m. PDT.

The storm traveled from northern Baja California in Mexico into the United States, drenching California along the coast, in the mountains, and in the Coachella Valley, home to the desert city of Palm Springs.

The watches were still in effect until 3 a.m. Monday. A flash flood warning for parts of San Bernardino and Inyo Counties — east and north of LA — was in effect until 5 a.m.

Our message is the same. Stay safe. Stay up to date. Stay home,” said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at a Sunday news conference ahead of the rain’s peak. She said she’d spoken with Vice President Kamala Harris, who offered federal support.

The Los Angeles Unified School District canceled all classes and before and after school programs on Monday. We have a school district of 700 square miles. There will be impact in some areas,” said Alberto Carvalho, the district’s superintendent. We can’t inspect those schools. so the prudent thing to do to avoid harm … is to call off schools for [Monday].”

The California Department of transportation stated that part of I10 was closed due to flooding and debris.