steve: all right. back with a fox weather alert. once a hurricane, now just a tropical storm hilary still battering the west coast with historic flooding and mud slides. more than 50,000 people in california are still without power on this monday morning. jeff paul is live in l.a. in front of front of what normally this time of year would be dry area behind you. but today, jeff, it is a rushing l.a. river. yeah. completely different story this morning, steve. tropical storm hilary delivering near nonstop rain for about the last 24 hours and really showing no signs of slowing down. steve, as you mentioned behind me, that is a clear image of just the impacts of this storm. that is the l.a. river normally 365 days out of the year this thing is bone dry. maybe a little stream every once in a while. can you see right now because of this storm and all the inches of rain that have fallen over the last 24 hours it, is a fast flowing river. and all of that rain and all of that water causi
earthquake, a magnitude 5.1 shook the l.a. area followed by several weaker aftershocks. the mayor here in los angeles, karen bass, spoke a short time ago and says her crews has been out assessing any potential damage from the earthquake. so far they have not seen anything and have not had any reports of any injuries. sandra. sandra: jeff paul on all of that for us. thank you. it s terrifying waking up and thinking that you don t know if your environment is safe. 50% of us are below poverty guidelines so you know, this is not an area that can just pack up their things and move across the country or get an apartment or, you know, wait and see. john: people living in east palestine, ohio are still waiting for government testing and clean-up months after the toxic train derailment and spin. and also waiting for a visit from president biden. sandra: and waking up to the
it goes. dana: so much excitement for the week. also, much of the southwest is drenched in record breaking rainfall from a storm called hillary. the first tropical store. some parts of california and nevada may get a year s worth of rain in just one day. jeff paul live in l.a. tropical storm hillary delivering non-stop rain over the past 24 hours. only now it is showing signs of slowing down. the impacts from the storm are still very real this is the l.a. river. normally bone dry. as you can see it is a fast-flowing river now from all of that rain. of course, it is causing flooding throughout the greater los angeles area. parking lots are underwater and streets are filling up making driving difficult and dangerous.
so much so, people were stuck in their vehicles. palm springs, surrounding desert communities as well, flooded roads, and one hospital had to pump water from the building. and you often get mudslides. no reports of serious injuries or death, a huge relief, considering the power of this storm. we ve gone through emergency response. we are now in emergency recovery but we should also now be in emergency reassessment. we came through it with minimal impacts considering what we endured. for most cities a tropical storm combined with a hurricane would be a catastrophic event. for los angeles and for our first responders, it s just another day at the office. and if the first tropical storm to make landfall since 1939 in l.a. was not enough to deal with, there was an
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