Hurricane Hilary

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[matty40s]

 

[stodge]

It's a part of the world I've visited on two or three occasions and have spent Christmas and New Year in Rancho Mirage.

It's extraordinary to see the volumes of water off what for us would be a lot of rain but of course for them it's months of rain falling in hours.

American roads aren't well equipped to deal with the water and break up quickly and many American drivers, especially in desert southern California, have no clue how to drive in even light rain which always causes a spte of accidents. 

I've not heard of any fatalities mercifully and it looks as though "normal" service will be resumed from midweek with temperatures back over 100F. Whether this phenomenon will occur more regularly is impossible to know at this time - it's rare to have the synoptic set up of an upper LP in the Pacific and an extended HP to the east - it's usually the other way round - but as we've seen, the NH summer patterns have been disrupted widely this season.

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[Jo Farrow]

As the action changes to the other side of the US, why CA doesn't usually see active Tropical Storms reach that far.

Tropical Storm Harold heads for Texas as TS Franklin nears the Dominican Republic

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In the aftermath of Storm Hilary's tropical rain and flooding for western states, Texas and Mexico are watching Tropical Storm Harold as Tropical Storm Franklin heads for the Dominican Republic.

 

[matty40s]