![]() The calls included a request for help for five cars stranded in a flooded intersection of Sun Valley. ![]() 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 in a news conference on Monday. local time Sunday, moving north with weakened 45-mph winds, according to the hurricane center. The storm’s center was roughly 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles around 8 p.m. Once a hurricane, Hilary weakened as it made landfall Sunday in Mexico – where at least one person died – then crossed into the Golden State. The Nye County School District in Nevada also canceled classes Monday, with plans to reopen Tuesday.Ĭars stranded in roads deluged with mud and water “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. “It would have been reckless for us to make a different decision,” Carvalho said of the decision to close schools Monday. A couple dozen schools have lost phone and internet service, and one school has been impacted by a minor mudslide. “Our teams have been scouring our schools, and so far, conditions are pretty good,” Carvalho said. Schools in the Los Angeles district will reopen on Tuesday, according to superintendent Alberto Carvalho. The district spans about 700 square miles, meaning the impact of the storm varied for its students. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest in the nation, also shut down Monday. Officials canceled classes for the more than 121,000 students in the San Diego Unified School District. ![]() Schools in San Diego and Los Angeles are set to reopen Tuesday after closing Monday in anticipation of the storm. “We are past the brunt of the impact,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Ariel Cohen.įirst day of school is a wash for some students All weather warnings in the city were canceled. In Los Angeles, the worst of the storm was over as of Monday morning, according to officials. “A relatively small amount of water can sweep a vehicle away,” she said. To the west, Los Angeles and Ventura counties saw “considerable damage” Sunday night amid reports of dangerous flash flooding, and rock and mudslides, the National Weather Service said, adding up to half an inch of rain could fall per hour.Ĭars were stuck in floodwaters in the Spanish Hills area, the National Weather Service reported.Ĭrowley urged residents to take precautions on the roads. Maura Taura surveys the damaged cause by a downed tree outside her home. “379,850 users have been affected, and electricity supply has been restored to 302,134, equivalent to 80%,” said the Federal Electricity Commission in a statement Monday. In Mexico, where the storm first landed, power has been restored to 80% of customers in the three states affected by Hilary, according to the national power company.At least nine people were rescued Sunday in a San Diego riverbed, San Diego Fire-Rescue said, with water rescues also reported in Ventura County and Palm Springs. Flooding, mudslides and downed trees and wires were widely reported across Southern California on Sunday and Monday.People in parts of Southern California should not travel unless they are fleeing an area under flooding or under an evacuation order, the National Weather Service has warned.A total of about 41,000 customers in Los Angeles were without power at one point, Marty Adams, general manager and chief engineer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said Monday. Some portions of Southern California lost power during the storm but electricity was mostly restored by Monday evening.Coastal tropical storm warnings have been discontinued. Strong and gusty winds were expected in Nevada, western Utah, southern Idaho and southwest Montana, the hurricane center said.Flood watches remained in place Monday night across seven Western states. The rain will cause “mostly localized areas of flash flooding,” the National Weather Service Prediction Center said. Heavy rains and some flooding may continue Tuesday morning in parts of the Intermountain West, according to the National Hurricane Center.(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Mario Tama/Getty Images Tropical storm Hilary caused a section of the normally-dry Whitewater River to flood parts of a golf course in Cathedral City, California.
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