Hurricane Hilary hit the US state of California on Sunday, bringing strong winds and flooding to the Pacific coast. Now headed for Nevada, the storm passed over Southern California, with record rainfall and flooding predicted in Death Valley National Park.
Strong winds and rain moved across the border from Mexico, where the Baja California peninsula saw winds of 119 km/h. In Mexico, a man is reported to have died in a flood.
Also, a number of houses have now been submerged in the city of Santa Rosalia, Mexico, while some residents in California have been forced to evacuate.
Schools must also be closed for Monday, including the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second largest.
The last time a tropical storm made landfall in Southern California was in Long Beach in 1939.

Hilary is expected to weaken as it moves north, but forecasters warn it could still bring dangerous and catastrophic flooding to the state.
"Areas that do not normally experience flash flooding will be flooded," the National Weather Service said. Lives and property are at grave risk till Monday.
Experts say the recent abnormal weather events that have plagued the US and some areas around the globe have been influenced by human-caused climate change.