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Hurricanes that affect California are mainly the remnants of hurricanes or tropical storms. In the twentieth century, only four eastern Pacific tropical cyclones have brought tropical storm-force winds to the Continental United States: the 1939 Long Beach Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm Joanne in 1972, Tropical Storm Kathleen in 1976, and Tropical Storm Nora in 1997.
The Channel Islands are a group of eight main islands and several minor islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and Ventura counties in Southern California. The four northern islands are protected in Channel Islands National Park, while two are used by the U.S. Navy. These Islands are part of the Greater Los ...
Baja California was mistakenly thought to be an island rather than a peninsula. The Californias region, which comprises California and the Baja California Peninsula, includes many coastal islands in the Pacific Ocean. California is in the United States; and the Baja California Peninsula includes the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and ...
The U.S. hurricane center posted tropical storm and potential flood warnings for Southern California from the Pacific coast to interior mountains and deserts as far north as eastern Oregon and Idaho.
An unprecedented tropical storm watch is in effect from the California-Mexico border to the Orange County-Los Angeles County line and for Catalina Island.
Southern California braces this weekend for heavy rain, flooding from tropical storm as Hurricane Hilary moves closer to the Pacific Coast.
The main article for this category is List of islands of California; ... Islands of Southern California (7 C, 23 P) A. Artificial islands of California (1 C, 9 P) L.
By the time the weakened Hurricane Hilary hits Southern California, it will have turned into a massive tropical storm that will likely cover the entire region, from the Pacific Ocean in Los ...