{"id":128662,"date":"2025-09-03T02:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/128662\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T02:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:35:10","slug":"rain-brings-localized-flooding-to-portions-of-the-coachella-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/128662\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain brings localized flooding to portions of the Coachella Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) \u2013 Thunderstorms and rain brought some flooding to portions of the desert Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

Some residents in Desert Hot Springs told our newsroom they encountered some flooding while dropping off their kids at school.<\/p>\n

Some pools and backyards were also flooded.<\/p>\n

Tyshon Jones, a lifelong Desert Hot Springs resident, said he encountered some flooded roads on his morning walks. He enjoyed the rainfall, but was irked by some of the storms’ other impacts: “A good surprise. I think I was more surprised at that the power was out. I couldn’t use my cell phone… that was a little bothersome.”<\/p>\n

Two power lines went down in Desert Hot Springs, affecting several thousand residents<\/a>. Utility crews were spotted working to fix the lines. Fire crews were even called to one downed line after a power pole caught fire.<\/p>\n

News Channel 3 crews found several intersections flooded throughout Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs early Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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And in Thousand Palms, strong winds from the storm knocked tree branches down. One resident,
Ava Rachelle Wilkerson-Krehan, told News Channel 3 about her morning.f<\/p>\n

“The winds were incredible today. I thought, ‘Are we having a hurricane?'” she recalled. “And then I’m like, I just need to go back to sleep. And then I heard the downpour. But then I looked outside.”<\/p>\n

“I’m opening the curtains and I’m like, ‘Oh my G.’ There’s a tree out in the middle — our tree.”<\/p>\n

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Some students in Desert Hot Springs were also pulled out of school early by their parents thanks to the weather. <\/p>\n

Khaylah Vasquez, a middle schooler who lives in the city, and her siblings were taken home by their mom. Vasquez said, “Yeah, it was really bad. And I feel like if there was flooding and power outages, it would make it worse for her driving, and lightning this morning makes her scared to drive.”<\/p>\n

While this second round of rain has brought some relief from the desert heat, most valley residents aren’t yet ready to give up summer.<\/p>\n

“More sunshine. I’m dressed for summer still!\u201d Vasquez said with a smile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) \u2013 Thunderstorms and rain brought some flooding to portions of the desert Tuesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-128662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}