Mud was all over the kitchen counters, floor, everywhere inside the Mendiola family home in Cathedral City, near Palm Springs.
Large swaths of Southern California that bore the brunt of Tropical Storm Hilary include Palm Springs and the rest of the Coachella Valley, where several roads and neighborhoods were inundated with flash flooding and mud flows.
Rainfall totals from Hilary have reached 13.5 inches in San Bernardino County, and 11.7 inches in the mountains of Riverside County.
A massive tree toppled onto two cars parked outside a home in Sun Valley as Tropical Storm Hilary moved across Southern California.
Many drivers in Castaic spun out of control on wet roads caused by Tropical Storm Hilary during the weekend.
Dozens of cars were trapped in floodwaters in Palm Springs and surrounding desert communities across the Coachella Valley as Tropical Storm Hilary moved over the region.