Publication: L.A. Times

UCLA Expert: Daniel Swain: Assistant Researcher and Climate Specialist, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: Tropical Storm Kay delivered nearly a year's worth of rain across Southern California, shattering daily rainfall records. 

UCLA News: “Seeing intact tropical cyclones this far north and east along the Pacific Coast of North America is quite rare,” Swain said. “There are only a couple of other examples in living memory in which tropical storm or greater strength storms have gotten this close to SoCal.”

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