1 Year’s Of Rain?

Hurricane Kay satellite image

Parts of Southern California that have been severely drought-stricken for months.

Residents are bracing for a storm that could drop a year’s worth of rain — and cause dangerous flash floods.

The extreme weather is forecast as Tropical Storm Kay moves northward after making landfall in Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane Thursday afternoon.

Kay weakened to a tropical storm Thursday evening, but was still packing winds of 50 mph with even stronger wind gusts Friday morning.

A hurricane that just made landfall in Mexico is triggering flood concerns in parts of southern California

The storm is expected to bring damaging winds to Southern California, similar to a Santa Ana wind event, where gusts could reach 80 mph at the mountain crests.

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