Southern California Braces for More Flooding , After Being Hit by Tropical Storm Hilary.
Hilary, the "first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years," pummeled the area with rain over the weekend, AP reports.
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In a matter of days, some locations saw over half of the average amount of rain they'd typically get in an entire year.
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In Palm Springs, 911 lines were down.
People were instructed to text 911 or directly call police/fire stations.
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On Aug.
21, Hilary was downgraded to a post-tropical storm by the National Hurricane Center.
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Parts of the Southwest are expected to have "continued life-threatening and locally catastrophic flooding" as the storm subsides, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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Southern California was also struck by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Ojai on Aug.
20.
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So far, there haven't been any reports of severe damage or injury from the earthquake, reports the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.
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Hilary is the latest climate disaster to affect the U.S., Canada and Mexico, AP reports.
Canadian firefighters continue to battle the country's worst-ever fire season.
And the Hawaiian island of Maui is still grappling with the effects of America's deadliest wildfire in over a century
