Palm Desert Rainfall Totals From Election Day Storm

PALM DESERT, CA — Palm Desert, Palm Springs and Riverside County will start to dry out Wednesday as a cold-weather storm moved out of the region.

The slow-moving storm parked over much of Riverside from Monday night through Wednesday morning, leaving foothill burn-scar areas at risk of mudslides and flash floods and dumping mountain snow in its wake.

In Palm Springs, just under two-tenths of an inch of rain fell within the past 72-hour period. Thus far, the Riverside County Flood Control District reports Palm Springs has received just under two-tenths of an inch of rain for the year.

Here are rainfall totals from the recent storm across Riverside County:

• 1.68 inches in Banning/Beaumont.
• 2.34 inches in Corona.
• .2 of an inch in Desert Hot Springs.
• .91 of an inch in Hemet.
• .95 of an inch in Lake Elsinore.
• 1.77 inches in Murrieta.
• .19 inches in Palm Springs.
• 1.93 inches in Temecula.

On Tuesday, residents of Oak Glen, Forest Falls, Mountain Home Village, Angelus Oaks and northeast Yucaipa were evacuated due to flooding in the Apple Fire burn scar, however, those orders were lifted Wednesday morning.

Three people in Ontario were lost to a flash flood during the torrential rains. Read: 1 Dead, 2 Missing After 6 People Swept Away During IE Rainstorm

As the storm swept through sending high temperatures across Riverside County into the 60s, with Thursday's high temperatures expected to be a pleasant 72 degrees.