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Volatile weather: residents react to sudden thunderstorm

THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) — Rainfall in Indio Falls last night led to road closures, notably on Dillon Road, where mud covered the street. Weather experts attributed the sudden activity to atmospheric instability caused by the distant hurricane, combined with regional terrain features that accelerate cloud development. Although Hurricane Polo made landfall 750 miles south of

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Tropical moisture moves out

As Hurricane Polo came ashore in Baja, California parts of the Coachella got hit by a tropical thunderstorm, specifically over Indio Hills. Runoff from that storm has closed a portion of Dylan road, but the storm moved out quickly after putting on a spectacular lightning show. Polo will track inland across Northern Mexico and then

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Slightly warmer into the weekend

Temps hit 103 yesterday, and we’ll be similar this afternoon, some 4 degrees above normal Dew points are presently nicely in check, but could increase into the weekend because of a powerful hurricane, Polo, to our South. Hurricane Polo is tracking to Northwest very slowly, but it is an intense category 5 storm, packing winds

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