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A region typically accustomed to scorching temperatures rather than persistent rain is now bracing for severe downpours, significantly elevating the risk of flash floods that can emerge and turn deadly within minutes.
Tropical Storm Priscilla, having been downgraded from a powerful hurricane, has diminished in strength over the eastern Pacific near Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. However, the storm’s remnants still carry substantial moisture and are now advancing towards the southwestern United States, where flood warnings were issued on Thursday.
Meteorologists anticipate that rain bands from Pr
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