Weather & Science
Hilary Soaks California With Flooding Rain and Snarls Flights
- Region set for historic rainfall as storm moves into Nevada
- Flash flood warning is extended for Los Angeles County
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The remnants of Tropical Storm Hilary pummeled California with record rains on Monday, disrupting flights but sparing its largest cities from widespread destruction.
Across the region, “the ongoing and historic amount of rainfall is expected to cause life-threatening to locally catastrophic” floods, along with landslides and mudslides, the National Hurricane Center said in a notice early Monday.