Two people have been pulled from a river in California while another remains unaccounted for, as historic weather moves across the typically dry state, where rainfall records have been broken and roads have been made impassable.
The last time a tropical storm hit these sun-baked streets, or anywhere else in California, was 1939.In this city, 100 miles east of Los Angeles, the streets emptied as 63% of its annual rainfall fell in a single day.
A 26-foot tall statue of Marilyn Monroe has been erected as an emblem of its showbiz cachet. This weekend Norma Jean stood alone, a candle in the wind, as Hilary blew though. It was a day to hunker down across the Golden state, a place whose population is well-drilled in preparations for wildfires and earthquakes, but for whom wind and rainstorms present a rare and unpredictable threat.
Elsewhere, Long Beach , Hollywood Burbank , Palmdale , Lancaster , Sandberg , Oxnard and Santa Barbara airports also beat previous records.
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