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Around 2.2 inches of rain fell in a single day during Hilary, which hit California as a rare tropical storm. The floods damaged roads and other infrastructure. ... Death Valley got 1.66 inches of ...
Downtown Los Angeles had received 8.51 inches (216 mm) of rain from February 4–6 making it the second wettest three-day span. [20] Following 1.66 in (42 mm) of rain in Death Valley in 72 hours, California State Route 190 was closed and the park experienced a setback in the recovery from Hurricane Hilary.
Two months after a storm that dropped a year's rainfall in a single day, visitors to the national park are encountering a a strange place made stranger — and more majestic.
As Death Valley dries off from near record rains, some see the fingerprints of climate change. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is thought to be the hottest place on Earth during summer. [3] Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. [1]
Rainfall at Furnace Creek in Death Valley totaled 2.20 in (56 mm), setting a new single-day rainfall record; the amount was more than the annual average rainfall of 2.15 in (55 mm). [111] On August 20, downtown Los Angeles and San Diego each recorded its wettest single summer day on record (June through August) with 2.48 in (63 mm) and 1.82 in ...
Hilary, now downgraded to a post-tropical storm, marches northward, prompting flood watches and warnings in half a dozen states Tropical Storm Hilary – live: Death Valley gets one year’s rain ...
On October 18, 2015, the Death Valley area was hit by a significant rain storm, receiving nearly 3 inches (7.6 cm) of rain as the storm stalled over the Grapevine Canyon area for five hours. Flash flooding struck Scotty's Castle, leaving mud and debris stacked along the perimeter of the structures, up to 1 foot (30 cm) high inside the visitor ...