SURVEYING THE DAMAGE AND STARTING TO CLEAN UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. TROPICAL STORM HILARY BRINGING RAIN AND WIND TO THE AREA AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THE FLOODING IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. THIS DRONE VIDEO TAKEN JUST THIS MORNING AT A MOBILE HOME PARK. LOOK, THERE’S LIKE A RIVER BETWEEN THOSE HOMES. RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE AREA, BUT PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO FEEL THE IMPACTS FROM MUDDY AND FLOODED ROADS. AS YOU SAW, TWO CANCELED SCHOOL DAYS TO EVEN FLIGHT DELAYS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THIS NOON HOUR. I’M LISA GONZALEZ. SO WE WANT TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER VIEW OF THE ROADS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. LOOK AT HOW WASHED OUT THIS IS. THE WATER AND MUD ON THIS STRETCH OF ROAD TODAY. OTHER DRIVERS MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE FLOODED STREETS VERY SLOWLY. SOME TRUCKS HAD ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO GET THROUGH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE VERY DANGEROUS FOR SOME OF THOSE LOWER CARS AND SEDANS. OTHER PARKED CARS DIDN’T ESCAPE THE DAMAGE. LOOK AT THIS LARGE TREE THAT LANDED RIGHT ON TOP OF TWO CARS IN SUN VALLEY. DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A HOME. THAT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THE HOME WAS DAMAGED. BUT JUST THOSE VEHICLES RIGHT OUTSIDE. AND AS THE REMNANTS FROM HILLARY MOVE NORTH, THE STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT MOISTURE WITH IT. WE SAW SOME RAIN IN OUR AREA JUST A LITTLE BIT. THIS WAS AS THE SUN CAME UP IN PLACER COUNTY ON AUBURN, FOLSOM ROAD AND CEDAR OAKS DRIVE. WE’VE GOT LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU ON THE CLEANUP EFFORTS AND IMPACTS FROM THE STORM FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE WET WEATHER THAT WE’RE SEEING. NBC’S JAY GRAY, WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH HIM. HE IS LIVE FOR US IN SANTA CLARITA. SO, JAY, WHAT ARE THE ROAD CREWS WORKING ON THERE? YEAH, LISA, IT’S BEEN A LONG JOB HERE. WE GOT HERE AROUND MIDNIGHT. THEY’RE STILL AT IT AND IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF THE RUSHING WATER. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME, THEY ARE DEALING WITH WHAT IT IS, A ROAD THAT COLLAPSED AND THEN AS A RESULT OF THAT, THEY HAD A RUPTURED GAS LINE. SO THEY’RE WORKING AT BOTH ENDS OF THIS ROADWAY AND TRYING TO GET THAT PATCHED AND GET THINGS BACK IN ORDER HERE. AND AS YOU’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AS WE’VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER THE LAST 12 TO 24 HOURS, IT’S THE KIND OF DAMAGE THAT STRETCHES ACROSS THE ENTIRE STRIKE ZONE. WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS AREA AREA SANTA CLARITA, PEOPLE STARTING TO GET BACK OUT AND KIND OF INVESTIGATE AND SEE WHAT’S GOING ON. AND I’M SURE THAT’S THE CASE ACROSS THE STRIKE ZONE. THE GOOD NEWS IS IT STOPPED RAINING THIS MORNING. STILL A BIT OVERCAST, BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE WAS A SHORT TIME PERIOD WHEN WE SAW SOME BLUE SKIES HERE. IF YOU TOLD ME AT MIDNIGHT, WE’D SEE THAT THIS EARLY, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THERE’S NO WAY. BUT IT HAS. THEY’RE STILL RUNNING AREAS, RUNNING WATER IN SOME OF THE AREAS HERE. AND OF COURSE, DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES ARE ALSO A BIG ISSUE. BUT RIGHT NOW, THESE TEAMS SEEM TO BE MAKING SOME PROGRESS. AND AGAIN, THEY’VE BEEN AT IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, LISA. THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE. AND IT DOESN’T HELP THAT WE HAD AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. JAY. YEAH. HOW AMAZING IS THAT? ONLY CALIFORNIA, RIGHT? YOU’VE GOT A TROPICAL STORM, WHICH IS RARE ON ITS OWN. AND THEN THROW INTO THE MIX A 5.1 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. NOW, SEISMOLOGISTS TELL US THAT THE TWO AREN’T COMBINED, THAT THERE’S NO CORRELATION THERE, THAT IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE A FREAK COINCIDENCE. AND SO WE SAW SOME THINGS SHAKING AND RATTLING. WHAT OFFICIALS ARE TELLING US IS NO SERIOUS PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND UNBELIEVABLY AND THANKFULLY, NO SERIOUS INJURIES OR CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE TROPICAL STORM. NOW, THEY ARE WARNING WE’RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET. THEY’RE URGING EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, TAKE YOUR TIME. DON’T GO INTO AREAS LIKE THIS ONE AND OTHERS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS AND THAT THERE’S STILL SOME SETTLING GOING ON, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE WILDFIRE SCARRED HILLS. THEY STILL SAY THERE’S A POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS FOR MORE MUDSLIDES, FOR ROCKSLIDES. AND THEN IN THE WATER THAT’S GATHERED, THEY WARN THAT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S IN THAT WATER. BEST THING TO DO IS STAY AWAY. LET IT ALL DRAIN OUT AND THEN MOVE FORWARD. AND WE DO KNOW THEY’RE TAKING SOME PRECAUTIONS FROM SAN DIEGO TO L.A. WITH CLOSING SCHOOL FOR THE DAY. RIGHT, JAY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS A TOUGH DECISION. THEY WENT BACK AND FORTH ON IT, BUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD BE CLOSING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THEY SAID THAT KIDS GET OUT TOO EARLY, TEACHERS GET OUT TOO EARLY. THEY WOULD BE OUT WHEN POWER LINES WERE DOWN, WHEN THERE WERE THINGS ACROSS ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS AND THEY JUST DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE THAT CHANCE. ONE OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS POINTING OUT THAT THE TROPICAL STORM IS A THRESHOLD TO CLOSE SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA, IN MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, THE PLACES WHERE THEY EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORMS ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO THEY WERE FOLLOWING SOME OF THAT GUIDANCE. I MEAN, IT’S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, AND WE’VE DONE SO A LOT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS AREA, WE’RE USED TO WILDFIRES. WE’RE USED TO EARTHQUAKES, NOT TROPICAL STORMS, NOT HURRICANES DON’T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO HURRICANE SEASON, I GUESS UNTIL THIS WEEKEND, RIGHT, LISA? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND LIKE YOU SAID, PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA THAT THEY THEY FOLLOWED SUIT FOR WHAT THE PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION DO. AND THEY IN FACT, CLOSED THE SCHOOLS LIKE YOU SAID. JAY GRAY REPORTING LIVE FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE CONTINUE OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE NOW WITH METEOROLOGIST HEATHER WALDMAN. SO WHAT ARE WE SEEING RIGHT NOW? WELL, THE REMNANTS OF HILARY, REALLY JUST THE ENERGY LEFT OVER FROM THE STORM. IT’S RACING AWAY TO THE NORTH, REALLY QUICKLY. ANY OF THE THE ENERGY THAT WE COULD TRACE IS HERE ACROSS NORTHERN IDAHO INTO PARTS OF EASTERN OREGON. THIS LITTLE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA IS THE SAME SYSTEM WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT REALLY FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST WEEK. THIS LOW KIND OF TAPPING INTO SOME OF THE MOISTURE THAT HILLARY BROUGHT UP FROM THE SOUTH. SO KIND OF A MIX OF TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, SOMEWHAT INDIRECTLY IMPACTING THE WEATHER IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SO FAR TODAY. A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN STILL MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE VALLEY. COUPLE OF SHOWERS AS YOU GO UP INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND THE CREST OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA. THIS IS ALL BENEFICIAL RAIN, NO LIGHTNING BEING DETECTED WITH ANY OF THAT WET WEATHER AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS ANYWHERE FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO A COUPLE OF TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN. SO NICE TO GET SOME OF THAT MOISTURE IN THE GROUND. WE’RE ALL CLEAR, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. BUT THE SATELLITE PICTURE IS SHOWING SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE. WE’RE STARTING TO GET SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS THAT MAY ENERGIZE THE ATMOSPHERE JUST ENOUGH TO GET SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GOING FROM THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY INTO THE FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. LISA, WE’LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. NOW, SOME ROADS ARE CLOSED IN RANCHO MIRAGE AS THOSE WATER FLOWS CROSS THE ROAD. AS YOU SEE HERE, LOTS OF ORANGE CONES ARE UP TO DISCOURAGE DRIVERS FROM TRYING TO CROSS THE RUSHING WATER AS OTHER PEOPLE ARE JUST WALKING OUT. AS YOU SAW, ONE PERSON THERE, THE LOS ANGELES MAYOR AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF SAY NO SERIOUS DAMAGE OR INJURIES FROM THE STORM HAVE BEEN REPORTED. FIRST RESPONDERS, THOUGH, WERE VERY BUSY OVERNIGHT. WE DID CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STORM RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE DURING THE 24 HOUR PERIOD OF AUGUST 20TH TO 2023. THE LAFD RESPONDED TO 1833 EMERGENCY INCIDENTS AS WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 4105 TELEPHONE CALLS TO OUR 911 DISPATCH CENTER. AND THIS REPRESENTS OVER 1000 ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY PHONE CALLS THAN OUR NORMAL AVERAGE RANGE. NOW, AS YOU HEARD JAY MENTIONED, NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM THE EARTHQUAKE THAT THEY ALSO HAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BUT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE REMAIN WITHOUT POWER RIGHT NOW. THE STATE’S DASHBOARD SHOWS MORE THAN 1.11 MILLION PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ELECTRICITY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. MANY OF THOSE ARE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. LET’S GET BACK OVER TO METEOROLOGIST HEATHER WALDMAN. SO WHAT KIND OF RAIN TOTALS ARE WE LOOKING AT FROM THAT STORM? YEAH, AND KEEP IN MIND, THE RAIN IS DONE FALLING HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THESE ARE 48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS MEASURING JUST OVER 2.5IN OF RAIN. THAT NUMBER CLOSER TO THE AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR FEBRUARY. THEY TYPICALLY REALLY DON’T GET WET WEATHER DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST. BUT YOU NOTICE THE BIGGER RAINFALL TOTALS WERE AS YOU HEAD TO THE NORTH AND EAST INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, WHICH IS WHAT WAS EXPECTED AS THE WIND CARRIED THAT MOISTURE UP, THE SIDES OF THE MOUNTAINS, MUCH LIKE WHAT WE SEE SOMETIMES ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE SIERRA DURING THE WET SEASON, IT REALLY ENHANCED THOSE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. SO IN SANTA CLARITA, WHERE YOU SAW JAY GRAY A FEW MOMENTS AGO OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL THERE IN THE HILLS NORTH OF WEST COVINA OVER SEVEN OR OVER 6.5IN OF RAINFALL. AND ALMOST NINE INCHES OF RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTH OF RIVERSIDE AND RANCHO CUCAMONGA. PALM SPRINGS REPORTING OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. BUT THE BIGGEST TOTAL WE’VE SEEN IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA WAS ON THE PEAK OF MOUNT SAN JACINTO, WHERE RAINFALL TOTALS OVER TEN INCHES OF RAIN. SO, YEAH, LISA, IMPRESSIVE TOTALS ANY TIME OF THE YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. MORE THAN TEN INCHES. WOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THAT STORM HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON TRAVELERS EVEN HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SOME FLIGHTS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO DEPART FROM SACRAMENTO WERE CANCELED OR DELAYED. MOST OF THEM WERE ON TIME OR DELAYED JUST SLIGHTLY THIS MORNING. BUT THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE COMPLETELY CANCELED. FLIGHT STATUS BOARDS AT THE AIRPORT SHOWED FLIGHTS SCHEDULED TO GO PLACES LIKE SAN DIEGO, BURBANK, LAS VEGAS AND PHENIX WERE ALL CANCELED. A MAJORITY OF THOSE CANCELED FLIGHTS ARE THROUGH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES. AS WE CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS WEATHER FOR YOU, WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE KCRA 3 APP. IT IS FREE AND ENABL