Several feet of mud in houses, cars stuck in flooded roads; for many in this part of the desert, it was nothing like they’d seen before.
“Anybody that's been in Palm Springs for any length of time knows that when it rains, we flood,” Mahaffey said.
While the city of Palm Springs avoided the worst impacts, the scene was a different world just a few miles away. In Cathedral City, mudflows were as high as 6 feet at the peak of the storm.Crews contracted by the city worked since the early morning to clear residential and major roads that were covered in feet of thick, sticky mud.Mark Chamvers stood knee deep in the mud, trying to dig out his stuck car.
“It was pretty bad 'cause we live right off the wash,” he said. “We didn't think it was gonna rain hard until it finally started, the bad part of the hurricane got here.”“I'm from back East where the mud is, so I'm used to the mud, but this is a different kind of mud,” he said with a chuckle. “But we'll make it. Just a couple of days of discomfort, but, you know, life goes on.”Cathedral City saw some of the heaviest flooding and mud flows from Tropical Storm Hilary.
Romero said he’s used to roads being shut down when it floods here, but this is the worst he’s ever seen.
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