After days of urgent warnings, Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall in Baja California on Sunday, turning roads into rivers and imperiling homes before barreling north toward Southern California. By 6 p.m., the Southland was seeing flooding, downed trees, road closures and high winds. Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Las Vegas said conditions were continuing to deteriorate across parts of Southern California and western Nevada, especially the mountains and deserts. They said life-threatening, catastrophic flooding remained a possibility.
Keagan Abing is pulled by Jake on a watery stretch of Seal Beach on Aug. 20, 2023.
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Residents cross 70th Avenue in Thermal, Calif., as Tropical Storm Hilary dumps torrential rain on Aug. 20, 2023.
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A resident in Thermal, Calif., takes shelter from Tropical Storm Hilary.
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Robert Nevill walks slowly from the store to his assisted living residence in Yucaipa, Calif., on Aug. 20, 2023. He got caught in the rain.
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Nannie Auclair navigates wet conditions after buying beer at a neighborhood market in Thermal, Calif., on Aug. 20, 2023.
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Hillary Tucker, 34, and her dog Oakley make their way through a flooded street in L.A.’s Valley Village neighborhood on Aug. 20, 2023.
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A driver calls for help after his car stalled on Avenue 48 in Coachella, Calif., on Aug. 20, 2023.
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Sergio Lopez, center, steers a large wooden plank to help Carlos Gutierrez, right, divert the floodwaters on Avenue 70 in Thermal, Calif.
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A truck struggles to get through a flooded section of Venice Boulevard in Culver City on Aug. 20, 2023.
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