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August 21, 2023 - Storm Hilary slams California with floods and fierce winds
By Aditi Sangal, Mike Hayes, Elise Hammond, Maureen Chowdhury and Amir Vera, CNN
Updated 0003 GMT (0803 HKT) August 22, 2023
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At least a dozen people were rescued at a California senior boarding care facility trapped in mud, city says
From CNN's Taylor Romine
At least a dozen people are being rescued after being trapped by mud at a senior boarding care facility in Cathedral City, California, said Ryan Hunt, a spokesperson for the city.
All of the people being rescued are "doing okay," Hunt told CNN on Monday.
No other information was immediately available.
Some background: Parts of Cathedral City experienced "debris flow" of a "large amount of the mud and sand" moving into the area due to Hilary, Fire Chief Michael Contreras said earlier Monday.
He said that rescue teams rescued "seven people" who were trapped because of the debris.
Cathedral City is about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, near Joshua Tree National Park.
President Biden receiving regular briefings on Hilary, White House says
From CNN's DJ Judd
President Joe Biden has been receiving regular briefings on Tropical Storm Hilary as the storm made landfall over the weekend, White House Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton said Monday.
“As soon as the storm’s path became clear, the president took immediate action and directed FEMA to deploy personnel and supplies to California so they could be surged to impacted communities,” Dalton told reporters traveling with Biden en route to Maui Monday. “He directed the US Coast Guard to pre-position aircrafts to allow for rapid response and search and rescue, and yesterday he spoke to Governor (Gavin) Newsom about the emergency preparedness measures in place.”
Per Dalton, the administration has been in touch with local officials in Nevada, Arizona and California and offered support as the states deal with flooding following the storm.
Oregon emergency officials concerned about flooding and fast-moving water from Hilary
From CNN’s Joe Sutton
As the remnants of Hilary continue to impact the western United States, Oregon’s emergency management officials are concerned about the possibility of flooding across portions of the state.
“At this point, we’re concerned about the substantial rainfall and the potential for fast-moving water and flooding. Flood watches have been issued for areas of Central and Eastern Oregon,” Oregon Department of Emergency Management spokesperson Chris Crabb said.
Crabb went on to say, “We have reports of minor flooding currently and communities using sandbags to mitigate the impacts, but there have been no requests for state support at this point.”
According to Crabb, the office is working with county and tribal partners.
Portions of Oregon are currently under a flood watch through Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
“The remnants of Hurricane Hilary will bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to portions of northeastern Oregon through Tuesday,” the NWS said in a forecast message.
Hilary becomes rainiest tropical system in Nevada history
From CNN’s Eric Zerkel
Hilary has set a new high mark for rainfall from a tropical system in Nevada, nearly doubling the 116-year-old all-time record there as of Monday morning, according to preliminary data from NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center.
The 8.70 inches and counting that have fallen on Lee Canyon, Nevada, from Hilary smashed the previous record of 4.36 inches from an unnamed tropical system in 1906.
Hilary forged new ground for tropical systems in Nevada when it became the first tropical storm to ever cross into the state earlier on Monday.
More rainfall is possible throughout the day Monday which could add to the total.
Los Angeles Angels game postponed due to Hilary aftermath
From CNN's Wayne Sterling
Another professional sports event has been impacted by Hilary.
The Los Angeles Angels home game against the Cincinnati Reds that was scheduled for Monday night has been postponed due "to the effects from yesterday’s storm," the Angels announced Monday.
The game has been rescheduled for Wednesday and will be played as part of a split doubleheader.
Power restored to 80% of customers in three states affected by Hilary, Mexico's electric company says
From CNN's Karol Suarez and Fidel Gutierrez
Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission has restored power to 80% of customers affected in Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Sonora states after Hurricane Hilary hit over the weekend.
Nearly 380,000 customers were affected by the storm, the company said in a statement. It said that power has been restored to more than 300,000 of those people.
The CFE said it will continue to work to restore power to the remaining affected users.
In the areas hit by the storm, at least 2,728 Mexican Armed Forces members are providing support in the towns of Bahía Tortuga, Loreto, Punta Abreojos, Guerrero Negro, San Ignacio, Vizcaíno, Santa Rosalía, and Mulegé, authorities said in a separate statement.
"Three ships, 35 small boats, 138 vehicles, seven ambulances, a mobile kitchen, two water treatment plants, two planes, and four helicopters from the Mexican Navy have been deployed to assist the civilian population in disaster areas," according to the statement.
The authorities also said that 250 elements specialized in civil protection are providing different support among citizens, including delivering food and bottled water.
At least one person died in Mexico on Sunday after their vehicle was swept away just north of Santa Rosalía, in Baja California, Mexico, according to a Mexican government statement.
No deaths or significant injuries as a result of Hilary reported in Los Angeles, officials say
From CNN’s Cheri Mossburg
Los Angeles officials report no deaths or significant injuries as a result of Tropical Storm Hilary and all weather warnings in the city have been cancelled.
“We are past the brunt of the impact,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Ariel Cohen.
The Los Angeles Fire Department fielded more than 4,000 emergency calls on Sunday and responded to about 1,800 incidents, Chief Kristin Crowley said at a news conference on Monday.
Among those calls was to help five cars stranded in a flooded intersection of Sun Valley. One person was safely rescued from that incident, Crowley said.
Damage surveys have found no significant debris flows in the city, but there are several areas with flooding and uprooted trees.
Flood water has impacted an underground power vault leading to an outage of about 6,000 in the Beverly Grove area, with other outages reported in Hollywood, Hyde Park, and Brentwood, but the vast majority of city power customers remain unaffected.
Cleanup efforts are underway and the city expects to resume most normal operations soon, including schools.
“Our teams have been scouring our schools, and so far, conditions are pretty good,” said Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. A couple dozen schools have lost phone and internet service, and one school has been impacted by a minor mudslide.
School in the Los Angeles Unified School District will reopen on Tuesday, Carvalho announced.
“Los Angeles was tested but we came through it and we came through it with minimal impacts considering what we endured,” said Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian.
City workers can expect to return to work tomorrow, Los Angeles mayor says
Los Angeles city workers are working virtually on Monday but conditions should be clear to return to work tomorrow, Mayor Karen Bass said this morning after she gave an update on the impact of storm Hilary.
"As skies clear, the Department of Water and Power crews have already mobilized to return power to Angelenos," she noted at a press conference. "Now street teams respond to road damages and mud slides."
There have not been any death or injury reports so far, she added, but warned that damages can occur hours or days after a storm hits so people should continue to be vigilant.
