Brian Ferguson, deputy director of Cal OES, said that the office is “all hands on deck” for Hurricane Hilary preparation. He said that the office is particularly monitoring desert regions as they prepare for heavy rainfall and potential flooding.
“We’re keeping a very close eye on our desert regions, east of San Diego and Los Angeles. Some parts of these areas may receive double their yearly amount of water in just a single day,” he said.
“Certainly, we are going to be watching very carefully for flash floods, mudslides and debris flows in that area, looking at the burn scars from fires that have happened in recent years.”
The storm’s potential to bring excessive rainfall, a rarity with high risks issued for only a fraction of days each year, underscores the climate challenges the region faces.
Preparing for the storm
It is expected that there will be an impact on the power grid. And Southern California Edison is working on the electricity infrastructure, preparing for outages.
“We hope that the storm does not cause any damage, and more importantly there is no loss of life,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said in a Friday news conference.
