The first tropical storm to hit California in eight decades has flooded parts of the state, grounded flights and prompted its governor to declare a state of emergency.
It's 5.30am in the state, and the early risers among its residents will be waking up to floods and warnings of"catastrophic" landslides and mudslides.A tropical storm named Hilary hit Southern California, causing flooding on roads and inside some buildings, as well as mudslides;Simultaneously, a 5.
To the east of Los Angeles, San Bernardino county ordered evacuations of mountain and valley towns on Sunday, where social media images showed torrents of water, mud, rock and trees. But it is much more complicated when it comes to tropical cyclones - such as Storm Hilary was before being downgraded at 10am UK time.
It's a reminder that, while scientists agree human activity is changing climate and weather patterns, we must be extremely careful about making links between extreme weather events, or some of their characterises, and climate change. Storm downgraded - but 'catastrophic' flooding and landslides expected
"Across the southwestern United States, the ongoing and historic amount of rainfall is expected to cause life-threatening to locally catastrophic flash, urban and arroyo flooding including landslides, mudslides and debris flows today.
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