FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno and other areas in the Central Valley were cleaning up Monday after a weekend of rain and wind from Hurricane Hilary, while Southern California saw an earthquake strike.
Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.
From Sunday through Monday, Weather continued to affect the West Coast as the storm made its way from Baja California to Southern California through the San Diego and Palm Springs area.
The outer bands of the storm reached into the Central Valley.
Residents in Ojai and Southern California had a surprise as the USGS recorded a 5.1 earthquake.
The quake struck the Ojai area Sunday afternoon. just after 2:40 p.m. on the Sisar fault in Ventura County.
Hilary was downgraded from a Hurricane to a Cat 4 and then a tropical storm. It left trees downed across the Fresno area over the weekend.
The National Weather Service in Hanford says a small tornado touched down in Fresno on Saturday night near Belmont and Temperance Avenues.
The National Weather Service continued to issue warnings on Monday as more storms moved through the Valley.
Tornado warnings were issued by The National Weather Service in Hanford throughout the midday on Monday, as a thunderstorm moved north by Los Banos.
Flood warning were issued for the South Valley, and Kern County.
The Dept. of Public Health in Kern County warned residents to avoid the standing water from flooding, and the unseen hazards, both bacterial and structural.
Hilary marched northward Monday, prompting flood watches and warnings in more than a half dozen states.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned that “continued life-threatening and locally catastrophic flooding” was expected over portions of the southwestern U.S., following the record-breaking rainfall.
