Los Angeles is hit by hurricane Hilary! The first flood of such strength in California, the USA

Natural disaster 21 August 2023. Los Angeles is hit by hurricane Hilary! The first flood of such strength in California, the USA Hurricane Hilary lashes wide swaths of California, Nevada with flooding, mudslides. Officials have been warning of road closures, power outages and other ‘catastrophic’ conditions in regions unaccustomed to heavy rainfall. The first tropical storm to enter the region in decades hit Southern California on Sunday, bringing heavy rains, winds and flash floods Officials warned residents of heavy rainfall and “catastrophic flooding” over large swaths of California, including its cities, deserts, mountains and valleys. The city of Henderson, Nev. — home to about 330,000 people in the metro Las Vegas area — planned to hand out sandbags in anticipation of flooding. A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, storms, rain, hail, wildfire, waves, wind, snow, weather and other geologic processes. #california #losangeles #usa #weather #storm #chuva #rain #clima #news #Hurricane #Typhoon #Flood #Hilary #bbc Daily monitoring of earthquakes around the planet. Be aware of events