Storm Hilary moves north after drenching Southern California, Southwest

A view shows flood water moving across the road during Tropical Storm Hilary, in Palm Springs, California, U.S. August 20, 2023, in this screengrab from a social media video. Palm Springs Fire Department/Handout via REUTERS

CATHEDRAL CITY, California (Reuters) - Storm Hilary flooded streets, downed power lines and triggered mudslides across Southern California on Monday after unleashing record-breaking downpours overnight, but no U.S. deaths were attributed to the storm and fears of disaster dissipated.

Hilary arrived in California as a rare tropical storm that dumped 4 to 5 inches (10 to 12 cm) of rain on coastal areas and 10 inches (25 cm) or more in the mountains, National Weather Service meteorologist Richard Thompson said. He called it the first landfallen tropical storm in Southern California since Sept. 25, 1939.