As of late last night, the only reported rain was offshore. At least three deaths were reported due to weather-related traffic accidents. At least 13 deaths in seven states were blamed on the weather, and Colorado authorities searched for several missing hunters. While experts were not ready to blame El Nino specifically for the storm, they did not dismiss it's influence. Flooding experienced in Mission Valley and heavy rains causes weather related car accidents.
Coastal cities prepare for massive landslides .
A rare Southern California twister tore through parts of Irvine, tossing cars and damaging a construction site. Hurricane Nora skirts through the communities of western Mexico as it moved north. Heavy rain, driven by sustained winds of 115 mph, swept across white sand beaches, toppled palm trees, flipped vehicles, and flattened houses in the worst hurricane to strike Mexico's west coast in decades. But Pauline ripped through Oaxaca's popular resorts in Huatulco and Puerto Escondido and then headed back out to sea. Acapulco's poor communities were hardest hit.