Interstate 10 in affected by flooding in Palm Springs

Palm Springs was one area that took a big hit from former-Tropical Storm Hilary.

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00:00 bring our attention back to tropical storm Hillary that has made a big impact

00:05 down in the Palm Springs area, shutting down the east west artery between Palm

00:10 Springs and Blythe. Let's bring in scripts. Meteorologist scott with her

00:13 standing by live on Interstate 10 in the area with what has happened down

00:17 there, scott. Yeah.

00:19 Yeah. Mike, take a look behind me here. This is the Interstate 10. It is

00:25 heading westbound. It has not moved in at least three hours, likely longer.

00:29 There's actually an ambulance stuck back in there with a patient inside.

00:32 They say that patient's okay, but it is not moving at all. Show you why this is

00:37 all because of Hillary coming through. Look, this is the eastbound lanes. If I

00:41 didn't tell you that you think that was a river, it is rushing down here. We've

00:45 got some semis trapped in it as well underneath that water, thick layer of

00:49 mud and all the way down. You can see it kind of goes off, but then the water

00:53 and mud come back on. This is a mess out here and it's all because Palm

00:57 Springs got almost a year's worth of rain in just one day. Now this is the

01:01 interstate. The good news is the downtown areas, those river, those

01:05 streets did get some water came up a little bit, but they've receded. So no

01:09 major flooding in downtown Palm Springs, but even just getting around

01:12 most of southern California is going to be difficult here, Mike and do not. If

01:17 you are heading this way, don't take the I 10 find a different way, Mike.

01:21 All right, there you go. Scott withers reporting from Palm Springs. It is a

01:25 mess in many areas as as advertised. Everyone Coachella Valley was positioned

01:30 to see the bulk of the system and it did.