Cathedral City in chaos: Elderly residents are scooped up by JCB tractor and driven to safety across roads destroyed by storm Hilary - as California begins to clean up after historic rainfall battered state


Residents of a senior living facility in Cathedral City, in California's Coachella Valley, were rescued by JCB machinery on Monday after roads became impassable due to mudslides. The town of 52,000 people has been hard hit by Tropical Storm Hilary, and many of the roads rendered impassable. Rescue workers were assessing the damage and attempting to restore power. No fatalities have been reported in the United States, although one man was killed in Mexico.